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When the OAS (Organization of American States) Building located at Seventeenth Street and Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington D.C., was completed in 1910, it was considered the architectural wonder of its time.
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.
World Vision is a leading member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, a Washington D.C.–based coalition of over 400 major companies and NGOs that advocates for a larger international affairs budget, which funds American diplomatic and development efforts abroad. [21]
This category includes articles on organizations based in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Organizations include, among others, voluntary associations and 501(c) non-profit organizations; companies and for-profit organizations, religious organizations, and so on, are also appropriate.
The Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement of the University of Pennsylvania is located in Washington, D.C., and is named after Joe Biden, who was a former Vice President and Senator at the time of its founding in 2018, and later served as the 46th president of the United States. [1] [2] [3]
The Wilson County Planning Commission on Friday unanimously approved Pastor Greg Locke's site plan for Global Vision Bible Church in hopes of resolving a lawsuit, the latest chapter of an ...
DC is a global center for human rights and humanitarian non-profit organizations. There are over 500 humanitarian organizations located in the Greater Washington area. [21] These organizations address both domestic and global issues by doing research, running aid programs, and conducting public advocacy.
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the United States Department of Commerce.. The building is located at 1401 Constitution Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., on the block bounded by Constitution Avenue NW to the south, Pennsylvania Avenue NW to the north, 15th Street NW to the west, and 14th Street NW to the east.