"Music of the Spheres"

Historical marker location:

4250 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Forest Hills, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Connecticut Avenue Northwest north of Veazey Terrace Northwest, on the left when traveling north.)

The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.