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The United States Capitol in the Southwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. in July 1939. L'Enfant Plaza was part of the Southwest Washington, D.C. urban renewal project, one of the earliest urban renewal projects in the U.S., and the first such in Washington, D.C. [5] The rapid expansion of the population of Washington, D.C., during World War II led to the extensive construction of suburban ...
Zeckendorf named this mall L'Enfant Plaza after Pierre Charles L'Enfant, [10] an architect responsible for planning the city of Washington. [11] L'Enfant Plaza was approved for construction in April 1955. [12] In December 1959, Zeckendorf won approval to build a 1,000-room hotel and five privately owned office buildings on L'Enfant Plaza. [13]
L'Enfant Plaza station is an intermodal transit station complex located at L'Enfant Plaza in the Southwest Federal Center neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It consists of an underground Washington Metro rapid transit station and an elevated Virginia Railway Express commuter rail station .
The L'Enfant Plan [3] for the city of Washington, D.C. is the urban plan developed in 1791 by Major Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant for George Washington, the first president of the United States. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] It is regarded as a landmark in urban design and has inspired plans for other world capitals such as Brasília , New Delhi , and Canberra .
L'Enfant Plaza has also undergone a facelift, with new retail and hotels, as well as office renovations having been completed in the late 2010s. [12] In April 2017, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) approved plans for a staircase and ramp that will travel through a grassy slope in Benjamin Banneker Park to connect L'Enfant Plaza ...
Also, L'Enfant Plaza, a multi-building complex and promenade that includes both government and civilian offices (as well as an indoor shopping mall), is located off Independence Avenue. The Southwest Federal Center is served by the Smithsonian and Federal Center SW Metro stations on the Orange , Blue , Silver Lines, and by the L'Enfant Plaza ...
Columnist Frank Shyong first visited Focus Plaza as a seventh-grader with his family. He sees the mall's renovation as a symbol of Southern California's changing Chinese population.
The station opened on July 1, 1977. [3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km) [4] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of the Arlington Cemetery, Capitol South, Crystal City, Eastern Market, Farragut West, Federal Center SW, Federal Triangle, Foggy Bottom–GWU, L'Enfant Plaza, McPherson Square, National Airport, Pentagon, Pentagon City ...