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Renaissance Washington DC Hotel 187 (57) 15 1986 [40] [41] 1090 Vermont Avenue: 187 (57) 12 1979 Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1970s. [42] [43] 12 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue: 180 (55) 14 1968 Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s. [44] [45] 13 The Tower Building: 177 (54) 14 1929
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).
The entrance to the Metropolitan Club. On October 1, 1863, six U.S. Treasury Department officials met to discuss the creation of a social and literary club in Washington, D.C. [3] The Metropolitan Club officially organized twelve days later, with 43 members. [3]
The Cairo's rooftop deck provides one of the most expansive views of the District's northwest skyline. Visible locations include the Washington National Cathedral, Georgetown, the Washington Monument, the Capitol, and The Catholic University of America. A rendering of the Cairo apartment building in DC
Rosewood Washington, D.C. is a luxury boutique hotel located at 1050 31st Street NW in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States.Originally an office building known as the Canal Building, it was constructed in 1963, and was the first major new building constructed in Georgetown in 50 years.
PNC Bank Building is a high-rise skyscraper building located at 800 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C., United States.The building broke ground in 2008, and was completed in 2010.
In May 1949, Cleveland Indians outfielder Larry Doby smacked the then-longest home run ever hit at the stadium over the right-center field wall and onto a rooftop well outside the ballpark. The shot was reported to have traveled over 500 feet (150 m), and Doby called it "the longest homer I've ever hit".
Clyde's Restaurant Group is an American company that owns and operates 13 restaurants in the Washington metropolitan area.Founded in 1963 to take advantage of a change in Washington, D.C.'s liquor laws, it pioneered a number of changes in the way restaurants in the district operated.