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[5] [6] "Systems at Work" explores historic and current technologies involved in mail processing and delivery, such as message boxes, ZIP codes, optical scanners and conveyor systems. [7] The museum holds the National Philatelic Collection. The museum has a gift shop and a United States Postal Service philatelic sales window. Admission is free.
The InfoShop was a non-profit bookstore in Washington, D.C., run by the World Bank specializing in "economics and international development... current events, history, banking and finance, plus travel guides, reference books and international fiction", including discounted and remaindered books. [1]
The Old Post Office Building's 315-foot (96 m) clock tower is the third-highest building in Washington, after the Washington Monument and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. [205] The tower's 270-foot-high (82 m) observation deck offers panoramic views of the city and its surroundings.
On June 14, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service issued the first set of 10 designs in the 42–cent Flags of Our Nation stamps. The stamps were designed by Howard E. Paine of Delaplane, Virginia. Five subsequent sets of ten stamps each had appeared by August 16, 2012, bringing the total of stamp designs to sixty.
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue (now Western Market), formerly known as The Shops at 2000 Penn and Red Lion Row, is a shopping center and eight-story office complex located on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. It forms a busy gateway into the main campus of the George Washington University, which owns the property. [2]
Woodley Park is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Primarily residential, Woodley Park hosts a commercial corridor of restaurants and shops located along Connecticut Avenue. The neighborhood is noted as the home of the National Zoological Park, part of the Smithsonian Institution.
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts museum in Washington, D.C., United States. The former residence of businesswoman, socialite, philanthropist and collector Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood is known for its large decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov, including two Fabergé eggs.
White House Gift Shop is a gift shop that was founded on September 9, 1946, during the Truman administration. [1] Originally named the White House Flower Fund , the gift shop is now privately owned [ 2 ] and has no connection with the White House [ 3 ] and is unaffiliated with the U.S. federal government . [ 4 ]