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Being There — 2013

By Jason Dick
Posted April 22, 2013 at 4:39pm

This photo from our own Douglas Graham caught our eye on Monday:

A worker gets set up to start patch work on the medium strip along Massachusetts Avenue near Union Station. (Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)
A worker gets set up to start patch work on the  strip between Massachusetts Avenue near Union Station. (Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)

 

It reminded us of one of the enduring scenes from the 1979 Hal Ashby film “Being There,” as Peter Sellers walks south on North Capitol Street.

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