Washington, DC

Ben’s Chili Bowl Sign and U Street Double Exposure

December 7, 2025

nickm.co

Digital Photograph

Sign

City

Washington, DC

2025

Indoors

9th Street NW

3 x 2

Ricoh GR

September

I took this photo using the in-camera double exposure mode and high contrast B&W filter on my 2013 Ricoh GR. The first shot is of a Ben’s Chili Bowl sign that was on display at the Martin Luther King Junior Library. After taking the first shot I walked across 9th Street NW to the Gallery Place/Chinatown station where I took the second shot of a list of Green Line stops, focusing on the U Street station. The main, original Ben’s Chili Bowl is located at 1208 U Street NW.

𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐃𝐂
𝟗/𝟐𝟔/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
The Bill Clinton Building

December 5, 2025

nickm.co

Digital Photograph

City

Washington, DC

2025

Building

Asphalt

Partly cloudy

12th Street NW

3 x 4

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

December

I was walking up 12th Street NW from the National Mall to Pennsylvania Avenue when I was struck by the dramatic outward curve of this building, so I snapped a picture. The architecture of the buildings here in Federal Triangle all match and fit together so that you feel their immensity while passing through. This building, the William Jefferson Clinton Building, is the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency.

𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐃𝐂
𝟏𝟐/𝟒/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Club Soda

December 5, 2025

nickm.co

Digital Photograph

Sign

Dark

City

Washington, DC

Connecticut Avenue NW

2025

October

Canon PowerShot SX70 HS

4 x 3

I love this old neon sign that still lights up in Cleveland Park every night despite the original Club Soda bar being closed for years. This space has rotated hands a few times since then, but the sign stays the same.

𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐃𝐂
𝟏𝟎/𝟏𝟓/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓