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  2. List of tallest buildings in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Tallest residential building in Washington, D.C. Tallest completed in the city in the 2000s. [9] 9 Thomas Jefferson Building: 195 (59) 7 1897 [39] Originally named the Library of Congress building 10 The Westin DC Downtown 187 (57) 15 1986 [40] [41] 1090 Vermont Avenue: 187 (57) 12 1979 Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1970s. [42 ...

  3. The Cairo - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. The Ellipse - Wikipedia

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    The Ellipse is also the name of the five-furlong (1.0 km) circumference street within the park. The entire park, which features monuments, is open to the public and is part of President's Park. The Ellipse is the location for many annual events. From a mathematical point of view, the Ellipse is truly an ellipse. Its dimensions are 1,058 feet ...

  5. Streets and highways of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Facsimile of manuscript of Peter Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the federal capital city (United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1887). [2] L'Enfant's plan for Washington, D.C., as revised by Andrew Ellicott in 1792 Thackara & Vallance's 1792 print of Ellicott's "Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia", showing street names, lot numbers, depths of the Potoma River and ...

  6. Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    An aerial view of Northwest Washington, D.C. in June 2018. Washington, D.C., was a planned city, and many of the city's street grids were developed in that initial plan. In 1791, President George Washington commissioned Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French-born military engineer and artist, to design the new capital.

  7. List of tallest buildings in the Washington metropolitan area

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    The View of DC provides access to the top two floors, with a publicly accessible vantage point that opened June 21, 2018. 1812 North Moore Street: 390 (119) 35 2013 Rosslyn: Arlington: VA: Also known as CEB Tower. Was the tallest building in the Washington metropolitan area at the time of completion, overtaking the Rosslyn Twin Towers. [8] 5

  8. Rosslyn, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Key Bridge seen from the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. in 1968 A 2011 aerial view of Georgetown (background), the Potomac River and Key Bridge (center), and Rosslyn (foreground) in June 2011 Rosslyn seen from the Kennedy Center with Theodore Roosevelt Island in the midground in February 2013 The skyline of Rosslyn in February 2022 Rosslyn looking east into Washington, D.C. Rosslyn ...

  9. Watergate complex - Wikipedia

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    When the Watergate East opened in 1965, The Washington Post called these areas opulent and evocative of the best in Italian design. [101] The New York Times characterized the design as "sweeping", and complimented each building's spectacular views of the Potomac River, Virginia skyline, and monuments. [41]