Black Lives Matter Plaza Northwest | |
Namesake | Black Lives Matter |
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Maintained by | DDOT |
Location | Downtown Washington, D.C. |
Postal code | 20006 |
Nearest metro station | McPherson Square |
Coordinates | 38°54′3.506″N 77°2′11.548″W / 38.90097389°N 77.03654111°W |
North end | US 29 (K Street, NW) |
South end | H Street, NW at Lafayette Square of President's Park |
Construction | |
Commissioned | June 5, 2020 |
Completion | October 28, 2021 |
Black Lives Matter Plaza (officially Black Lives Matter Plaza Northwest) is a two-block-long pedestrian section of 16th Street NW in downtown Washington, D.C.[2][3] The plaza was renamed by Mayor Muriel Bowser on June 5, 2020, after the Department of Public Works painted the words "Black Lives Matter" in yellow, 35-foot-tall (11 m) capital letters, along with the D.C. flag, during the series of George Floyd protests taking place in the city.[4][5][6]