Google Streets - Coming to a District Near you

Its finally here! Google Street View is now available in DC! In case you dont know what Google Street View is, the definition I found online of Google Street View is a feature of Google Maps and Google Earth that provides 360° panoramic street-level views and allows users to view parts of selected cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas at ground level. When it was launched on May 25, 2007, only five American cities were included. It has since expanded to thousands of locations in the United States…[including Washington, D.C.]”

Its an amazing program on maps.google.com, then click “street view” in the map area and view your street as if you are standing in front. I thought I would give it a try so I searched the address of the Ventura Condominiums and guess what I saw, the former Facade of our newest release. It doesn’t look anything like the photo (we had to keep the Facade for Historic purposes) but it does tell me that Google drove down 12th Street over a year ago.