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18-Jul-2021

Planet Word, formerly Franklin School (1869)

The final picture of five in this series on the new Planet Word museum, situated in the old Franklin School. It was nice to see such a great repurposing of this historic building.

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We finally paid a visit to Planet Word, a new museum in DC that focuses on language. You might not think such an unusual museum would be too popular, but there were a lot of people there who seemed fascinated by the interactive displays. I loved it and definitely want to go back to spend more time there.

From Wiki: Planet Word is a language arts museum that opened in Washington, D.C., in October 2020. The museum is described as "The museum where language comes to life" and features exhibits dedicated to topics such as the history of the English language, how children learn words and how music and advertising use words. It is located in Franklin Square at the historic Franklin School, built in 1869.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by PBase are decidedly
unsharp.

Planet Word: ‘Speaking Willow,’ posted earlier:

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Jeff Real24-Jul-2021 13:59
I am in awe of these beautiful and amazing buildings!
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Dave Petersen Photography24-Jul-2021 12:31
The clarity and colors are outstanding in this well composed image. So much architectural variety and interest in this terrific capture. The cars and people really convey the scale nicely. VV
Zoltán Balogh23-Jul-2021 08:48
Impressive buildings, excellent compo! V
carol j. phipps21-Jul-2021 23:23
Look at all the windows! Grand structure! You captured it so very well. V
Julie Oldfield21-Jul-2021 17:35
What a grand building. Captured very well to show its splendor. V
Carl Carbone21-Jul-2021 13:02
Nice capture of this handsome architecture.
pkocinski21-Jul-2021 11:59
Good looking old building.
Nirvan Hope21-Jul-2021 03:35
An old building dedicated to words, now that's a good repurposing!
LynnH21-Jul-2021 02:00
Wonderful architecture, and well photographed. V
Dennis Hoyne21-Jul-2021 00:38
A lovely old building, beautifully photographed.
Hank Vander Velde21-Jul-2021 00:28
That's a beautiful well maintained historic building and your excellent photo presented it well.
Nick Paoni20-Jul-2021 23:56
What neat architecture. Love the contrast with the modern building next door.
David Buzzeo20-Jul-2021 23:32
The perfect building for "Planet Word". V
hayl20-Jul-2021 23:06
Great to see old buildings repurposed so they can continue to give flavour to the city.
janescottcumming20-Jul-2021 21:49
That's a beautiful old building! V
Marwan Habib20-Jul-2021 20:37
Those old buildings are really beatiful.
Industrial Heritage20-Jul-2021 18:17
These old brick buildings are so much nicer then the present day glass highrise buildings
bill friedlander20-Jul-2021 17:26
Love the architecture, specially the white arches over the windows. V
Tom Munson20-Jul-2021 15:54
Beautiful building and capture.
Pierre Martin20-Jul-2021 15:41
agree with the architecture, very beautiful shape and decoration over the windows!
joseantonio20-Jul-2021 15:32
beautiful architecture with nice colors and details.V.
Nestor Derkach20-Jul-2021 15:23
Very nice architecture verticals very nice detail nice and sharp love the nice clouds above.
Excellent Apple work.
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Raymond20-Jul-2021 14:49
Enjoy it to the max, so much to learn from such a place