Baha'i Faith Center

The Baha'i Faith Center

The Baha'i Faith Center at 5713 16th Street NW is a multi-national faith reflecting the diversity of the world at-large and communities in particular. The Baha'i faith is one of the youngest monotheistic religions in the world. Founded in the 1800s in Persia by Baha'u'llah, the Baha'i emphasize the spiritual unity of humanity and see religious history as a series of messengers or prophets sent by God/Allah/Yahweh at appropriate and needful times in human history.

Prior this location, the Baha'i Center of Washington was located down on Massachusetts Avenue in a building that is now owned and occupied by the Human Rights Campaign.

UPDATE at 8:30 p.m.: I just realized that I mixed up the Baha'i Faith Center with the B'nai Brith. It is the latter that use to be headquartered down on Mass Ave. The B'nai Brith is a Jewish humanitarian, human rights, and advocacy group. After selling their building to the Human Rights Campaign, they relocated to 2020 K Street NW. My apologies for any confusion.

Chua Giac Hoang Buddhist Temple

Zen in the City

Continuing my Churches of 16th Street series, the Chua Giac Hoang Buddhist Temple is located at 5401 16th Street NW. The only information I could find for this organization was an article from the Washington Post in 1996 about the discovery of a dead body in the basement of the church. Beyond that, I was unable to locate a website with information about this congregation.

Sandwiched between houses on 16th Street is this tranquil Buddhist temple.

Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential

Two Things Challenge: Black / White

Farragut North Metro Station

This week's Two Things Challenge was Black / White. I really had a hard time choosing which pictures to use for this challenge. In the end I settled on one people watching/structural architecture combination, a nature photo, and a slice of urban decay. I had a number of others I wanted to use, but that would have been going overboard. However, in the next week or so, I'll post one or two of the other pictures from which I had to choose.

The first photo (above) is the fare gate level and train platform at the Farragut North Metro station on the Red Line (Glenmont to Shady Grove.)

Morning glory in the morning sun

This second shot is one I grabbed a few mornings ago on my walk. The sun had just come up and caught this morning glory at the right angle, making it almost transparent.

Not just closed on Sunday. Closed every day.

Finally, on a different walk a few days ago, I wandered along 3rd Street NW between Kennedy Street and Missouri Avenue and stumbled on this sign in the window of what was once a Chinese carry-out place. The place is now vacant except for a note on the door announcing the store's closure due to an illness in the family, a few chairs, and lots of dust. Oh, and this sign, of course!

To see the other participants in this week's challenge, go here.

Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential, 10/08

P.S. If you want to see these photos in color, go to Standing Room Only.