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She; no, she didn't know. Nor did another taxi driver know why there were a pair of ...bronze?... buffalos at the ends of this one bridge. I can see why a normal person (!) wouldn't know the answer to my question in the post above, but I'd have thought ... Well, never mind. I think most taxicab drivers--and indeed, most people in most jobs--are non-natives, and besides, even though these old "buffles", as my daughter dubbed them when she was two, are life-size, they are outranked in the interest ratings by many other monuments in this town. But still, I feel sure they must have some historical significance, and I would like to know what it is.
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Would the name of the bridge be Geronimo by any chance?
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This is the Q Street Bridge (also known as the Dumbarton Bridge and the Buffalo Bridge), which carries Q Street, NW across the Rock Creek valley at 23rd Street. The bridge's sculptural elements (which also include life masks of the Native American leader Kicking Bear) are purely decorative. Designer Alexander Phimister Proctor was known for his sculptures of cowboys and other western figures.
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do cab drivers have to take the knowledge in the US or can anyone get a license? places of local interest, monuments and civic buildings are usually included in the test.
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OH! JH!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! *KISS* [delight] I am SO HAPPY to finally know, even though the knowledge isn't as romantic as I'd thought it might be (such as, that herds of buffles formerly tramped the area). (We have a Buffalo Trace, here.) Here's a picture of what I saw: http://www.kittytours.org/thatman2/search.asp?subject=5And here's a picture of the cast, with an explanation: http://www.proctormuseum.com/sculptures/LB3.htmlNote: I have a lot of trouble getting the first one to open; have had to try several times, each time I've wanted to check it. But it's there, I promise.
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