PRINTABLE DIRECTIONS TO VENUES

Jam Cellar AKA Josephine Butler Parks Center
2437 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009

Parking Notes: This venue is in the city, so parking is a little more spare. It's in a residential neighborhood and isn't downtown, so it's not terrible. However, here are some tips: First, get there early and you'll have no problems. Otherwise, on the other side of the park (1 block away) and halfway down the hill (2 or 3 blocks) there is a ton of free and open parking. It may not look like parking since the signs were red, but they only restricted parking or standing during certain hours - none of which were during the dance. We suggest you walk around the park on the North side.

Driving Directions From Downtown:
1. Take 15th Street north
2. Meridian Hill Park will be to your left
3. The Josephine Butler Parks Center is just at the crest of the hill, to the right. It is an old embassy building painted a brilliant gold.
4. Parking is available on the street.

Driving Directions from Virginia:
1. Take 66 East
2. As you cross Memorial Bridge stay to the left and take the E St. ramp to the E St Expressway. 3. Turn left at 17th St and go for half a mile.
4. Bear right at Connecticuty Ave
5. Turn right on Rhode Island Ave. Go through Scott Circle.
6. Turn left on 15th St and after 1 mile you'll be there (be careful: a couple blocks after U St it forks - stay left to remain on 15th - otherwise you'll end up on New Hampshire.
7. Parking is available on the street.

Driving Direction From Points North:
1. Take 16th Street south
2. Meridian Hill Park will be to your left
3. Make a left on W Street
4. Make your first left on 15th Street
5. The Josephine Butler Parks Center is just at the crest of the hill, to the right. It is an old embassy building painted a brilliant gold.
4. Parking is available on the street.

By Metro: The Parks Center is about 5 blocks south of the Columbia Heights Metro Stop on the Green Line. The Woodley Park Stop on the Red Line is about a 10 minute walk away. U Street is about a 10 minute walk as well. We like the U Street walk the best. To see what stops are close, check out our metro map. Go to the WMATA Site for walking directions from the train stops. Make sure you leave on time from the dance. The trains stop running at midnight.

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GLEN ECHO PARK, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD

Directions: http://www.glenechopark.org/directions

Parking: Glen Echo has a large parking lot, and allows parking on the grass when weather permits. Once you park, walk across a bridge over a babbling brook. Follow the path up into the Park grounds past the carousel. Straight ahead is the Bumper Car Pavilion, our Friday night venue. On your right, through the picnic grove, is the Spanish Ballroom, our Saturday night venue.

By Car from I-495: Take the Clara Barton Parkway exit from VA, or the Cabin John Expressway from MD east toward Glen Echo. From the left lane, take the Glen Echo exit (a U-turn), then immediately take the right fork. At the 3-way stop sign, turn left onto MacArthur Blvd. Youíll pass an enormous neon Glen Echo Park sign on your left. Continue past the traffic circle at Goldsboro Road. Take the next left onto Oxford Road (youíll see a sign for Glen Echo here), and at the next stop sign (1 block) go straight, then left into the Glen Echo parking lot. If you go across a one-lane bridge, youíve gone too far (turn around and drive slower next time!).

From DC: Take Massachusetts Ave. (Rt. 396) west until it ends at Goldsboro Rd. (Rt. 614). Turn left onto Goldsboro and go to the traffic circle (0.5 mile). Carefully following the road signs (Washington-area traffic circles can be confusing), turn right onto MacArthur Blvd. and then an immediate left onto Oxford Rd. At the next stop sign (1 block) go straight, then left into the Glen Echo parking lot. If you go across a one-lane bridge, youíve gone too far (turn around and drive slower next time!).

From Georgetown in DC: Travel west along M Street. Follow signs for MacArthur Blvd. and travel it west until you see signs for Glen Echo Park. Turn left onto Oxford Rd. At the next stop sign (1 block) go straight, then left into the Glen Echo parking lot. If you go across a one-lane bridge, youíve gone too far (turn around and drive slower next time!).

Public Transportation: Glen Echo Park is served by the Route 29 Ride-On bus, which leaves from both the Friendship Heights and Bethesda Metro stations on the Red line. This bus is available weekdays, Saturday, and Sunday. The bus trip from Friendship Heights or Bethesda to Glen Echo takes approximately fifteen minutes and leaves every 30 minutes, on the hour and half hour. Bus fare is $1.10 during peak hours, 90¢ off-peak, and only 25¢ with a metrorail transfer. Be sure to have exact change or donít expect to get any back. The Glen Echo bus stop is located at the Amoco gas station at the end of Goldsboro Road. The stop is lighted and there is a public phone available. From the bus stop it is a 5-minute walk along MacArthur Blvd. to the upper entrance of the park. NOTE: The last bus leaves at 9:00 pm on Friday and Saturday.

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CHEVY CHASE BALLROOM (CCB) / Joy Of Motion Studio 5207 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

Parking: Parking is readily available in the neighborhood, and the bank parking lot is available for our use late at night. Do not park in the small parking lot to the left of Paul's liquors. You WILL be towed.

Directions from Glen Echo: When you leave the park, turn LEFT onto MacArthur Blvd. Turn RIGHT onto Wilson Lane (.8 miles). Turn RIGHT onto River Rd and follow it for 3.2 miles. Turn LEFT onto Garrison Street (.3 miles). Turn LEFT onto Wisconsin Ave. (.1 miles).

From I-495: Take Wisconsin Avenue (355) South for about 10-15 minutes. You'll pass into Friendship Heights, and pass Mazza Gallerie on your right. Chevy Chase Ballroom is about two blocks further on your left, between Ingomar and Harrison Streets, above Paul's Liquors.

Public Transportation: Easy to reach by Metro! Take the Red Line to the Friendship Heights station; exit on the east side of Wisconsin Avenue. Walk south on Wisconsin two and one half blocks; CCB is between Ingomar and Harrison Streets, above Paul's Liquors.

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Freedom Plaza
Pennsylvania Ave., between 13th & 14th Streets, NW, Washington, DC

Directions: Metro! We suggest you metro, even that will be crowded. Make sure to buy a fare card that will cover your round trip at your original station, this will save you a lot of hassle after the dance.
Orange and Blue lines: Take the Federal Triangle stop and walk north on 12th, take a left on Pennsylvania Ave. Freedom Plaza will be across the street between 13th and 14th Streets. Green and Yellow lines: Take the Archives Navy Memorial stop. Exit on Pennsylvania Ave., walk northwest (away from the large Capital dome) until you get to 13th. The plaza is a long block between 13th and 14th.
Red line: Take the Metro Center stop and exit at 12th and F. Walk south on F Street until you come to Pennsylvania Ave. Turn right.

Driving: Drive to a metro station and take the train (free weekend parking). All stations in the 'burbs have parking except: Bethesda, Medical Center, Friendship Heights, Ballston, Court House, Virginia Square, Clarendon, Eisenhower Ave., Crystal City, Pentagon, and Pentagon City.

Rain Location: Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion

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U Street African American Civil War Memorial
U St and Vermont Ave, NW, Washington, DC

Parking: Parking is a little tight in the area, but not impossible by any means. Nonetheless, we suggest the metro.

Directions from VA and points west: ????

Directions from Maryland/points northeast: ???

Public Transportation: Take the Green Line to the U Street Metro Stop and exit and 10th and U.

Rain Location: Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion

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El Boqueron II
1330 East Gude Dr. Rockville, MD

Parking: Park in the lot.

Directions from VA and points west: Take the Beltway/I-495 North toward Rockville/Baltimore, stay left to merge onto I-270-SPUR N (signs for Rockville/I-270/Frederick), then follow directions below.

Directions from Maryland/points northeast: take the Beltway/I-495 West toward N Virginia, continue straight in the two right lanes onto I-270 N (signs for I-270N/Frederick), then follow directions below.

Take exit 4A for Montrose Rd E, keep left on the exit and follow signs for Tower Oaks Blvd, turn left at the light on Tower Oaks Blvd, turn right at the first light on Wootton Pkwy and continue for 2.4 mi as it turns into 1st St and then MD-28/Norbeck Rd, turn left at the light on E Gude Dr, go .6 miles and turn right on Southlawn La. El Boqueron is the first driveway on the right off Southlawn La. at the rear of the building that fronts on E Gude Dr.

Public Transportation: You'll have to drive.

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