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can i have a relaxing skate at those at 9/10 am on a weekday around Christmas time? when i went there ebfore everyone was acting like they were risking their life to sneak in a noseslide and bounce.
Forsure, you'll probably have the spot to yourself as well or only a couple heads.
Unless you're waking up in the city, you might have a terrible drive in. Did deliveries in the city for a while, if I wasn't in city limits before 7am I had a terrible day, I wouldn't get in until after 9 and everything went to shit.
im staying like a block from the Jefferson memorial on one side the spy museum on the other.
Christmas time will be fortunate from a lack of bust POV.
Jefferson Memorial isn't close to any famous spots. Basically you cannot go wrong from 14th street and Pennsylvania all the way to the capital.
On the west side of 14th is a plaza that has a pretty famous manny pad and long mellow ledge.
Across the street is Freedom/Pulaski which speaks for itself.
going further down Pennsylvania on the north side of the street (left facing the capital) there are about 4-5 famous spots you can't miss. a lot of icy ledges and aesthetically pleasing plaza's and monuments. The skate from freedom towards the capital is actually really dope, super smooth bricks with a dope sounds. it's fun just cruising.
Welfare banks are on the other side of the mall (south side) by the american musuem of natural history/botanical gardens practically before you get to capital hill on independence ave.
The Japanese War memorial is somewhat close to union station and has that long granite ledge on the outside of the plaza. It's hard not finding granite in DC.
i'm pretty sure a lot of spots are still kind of a bust, so you need to be aware of park police and keep moving. i wouldn't stay longer than 20 mins at spots that aren't pulaski and you can sort of wager the level of bust by how many people skating. you sort of just have to walk away if park police is spotted and keep your cool.
DC has so many spots, but the concentration of famous ones are probably within a mile adjacent to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Gold Rail is at Metro center right up from Freedom, it's knobbed but cool to look at, especially at night. it's pretty much the most beautiful rail setting on earth imo.
you'll also go by candian embassay and marvel at the 21 stair.
good luck!