#FlyWashington Magazine Fall 2018 | Page 61

Busboys and Poets “Peace and Struggle Mural” Credit: Ted Eytan Columbia Room Credit: Farrah Skeiky GETTING THERE The Shaw neighborhood is served by the Green and Yellow Metrorail lines via the U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Station, Shaw-Howard University Station, and Mount Vernon Square Station. There is also bus service within Shaw, which connects the area with the Waterfront and Silver Spring via 7th Street. The G2 bus connects Georgetown University and Howard University. Shaw is accessible from the freeway, and transit from Shaw to the White House is only ten minutes. Reagan National Airport is around twenty minutes from Shaw via public transit, and Dulles International Airport, via car, is around 40 minutes away. AUTUMN 2018 59 FLYWASHINGTON.COM