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| | The Inn at Dupont Circle, Washington DC - Bed and Breakfast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | The Inn, just one-half block from the circle, with its flower stalls, chess players and street musicians, is surrounded by outdoor cafes, fine and casual restaurants, theaters, music and book stores, museums, art galleries, boutiques, institutes, offices, and embassies. |
 | | Marshy fields until the early 1870s, the area around Dupont Circle-then called the "Slashes"-was grabbed by a group of western developers, the California Syndicate, who snatched up the land for 60 cents a foot. |
 | | In the 1920s, when the DuPont family moved the statue to Wilmington, Delaware, it was replaced by a marble fountain, created by Daniel Chester French, Washington's pre-eminent sculptor of the time-who was also working on his masterpiece, the statue of Lincoln, for the Lincoln Memorial. |
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