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Since 2009, it has also been the meeting location for the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The Prettyman Courthouse is located on Constitution Avenue in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, across from the East Building of the National Gallery of Art. It opened in 1952 and was expanded with an annex in 2005.
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court in Washington, D.C. Along with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the High Court of American Samoa, it also sometimes handles federal issues that arise in the territory of American Samoa, which has no local federal court or territorial court.
717 Madison Place NW Fed. Cir. (nationwide) Fed. Claims (nationwide) 1967 present Named after Court of Appeals judge Howard Thomas Markey. Formerly known as the National Courts Building. U.S. Tax Court Bldg: 400 Second Street NW U.S. Tax Court (nationwide) 1972 present E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse: 333 Constitution Avenue NW D.D.C. D.C ...
The grooving of runway 18–36 to improve traction when wet, in March 1967, was the first at a civil airport in the United States. [22] Service to the airport's Metro station began in 1977. [23] The Washington National Airport Terminal and South Hangar Line were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [4] [24]
The Post Office Department occupied its headquarters building until the early 1970s. The department was reorganized in 1971 as the United States Postal Service, an independent agency. It vacated the building for another location. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) was the next occupant, through the early 1990s.
Hoover Field, a now-defunct airport which served Washington, D.C., from 1925 to 1933 (its merger with Washington Airport) Washington Airport, a now-defunct airport which served Washington, D.C., from 1927 to 1933 (its merger with Hoover Field) Washington-Hoover Airport, a now-defunct airport which served Washington, D.C., from 1933 to 1941
An 1818 map of Washington, D.C., showing Tiber Creek An 1850 map of Washington, D.C., showing the completed (and disused) Washington City Canal. When the District of Columbia was founded in 1790, the Potomac River was much wider than it currently is, and a major tidal estuary known as Tiber Creek flowed roughly from 6th Street NW to the shore of the river just south of the White House.
There are 13 heliports within Washington, D.C., the federal capital district of the United States, as of 2021. [1] [2] As of 2002, there are also 32 others in the Washington metropolitan area. [3] Of this total, 22 belong to hospitals, 12 to other corporations or private owners, 10 government, three military, and one public. [3]