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The Hubert H. Humphrey Building is a low-rise Brutalist office building located in Washington, D.C., in the United States.Originally known as the South Portal Building, the Hubert H. Humphrey Building was dedicated on November 1, 1977.
The Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge conveys Pennsylvania Avenue across Rock Creek and the adjoining Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, between the neighborhoods of Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Northwest Washington, D.C. Pennsylvania Avenue terminates at M Street immediately west of the bridge.
Dumbarton House is a Federal style house located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was completed around 1800. Its first occupant was Joseph Nourse, the first Register of the Treasury.
It travels a half block south, and crosses Independence Avenue. Since roads on the grounds of the Capitol are closed to the public, this intersection has traditionally been the beginning of South Capitol Street. It widens from a two-lane to four-lane thoroughfare just before reaching Washington Avenue SE, and then passes beneath Interstate 695 ...
The building was designated by Congress as a contributing structure to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site in 1966, and was subsequently listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Internal Revenue Service Building bears writing from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935), "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized ...
12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. Coordinates: Area: 6 acres (2.4 ha) Built: 1934: Architect: William Adams Delano, Chester Holmes Aldrich: Architectural style: Classical Revival: Part of: Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site (ID66000865 [1])
Boeing has long had a favorable relationship with Washington D.C., but Senate hearings held Wednesday showed the aviation giant may be in for a lot of political pressure in 2024.One of the two ...
Tenleytown was transformed on October 2, 1941, when Sears Roebuck opened its department store on Wisconsin Avenue at Albemarle Street. At the time the store was notable for its size, and for its 300 car rooftop parking lot. In 1975, the Wisconsin Avenue elevation was altered for the Tenleytown–AU (WMATA station).