Despite living in Washington, D.C. for nearly four years, I didn't take many photos while I was there. I probably had more of a creative spark during the summer I interned here than during all of the years I lived here, and it's hard to say why.
But it might be, at least in part, because the city took a long time to grow on me. And getting to know its Metro system was one of the reasons I came around. Reading Zachary Schrag's "The Great Society Subway"—and getting the chance to check out the Silver Line Extension to Dulles and the Potomac Yard station on their opening days—helped me see DC in a new light. Metro is an political, economic, and engineering marvel in its own right, and it helps makes DC the special city that it is.
