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The first executive offices were constructed between 1799 and 1820 on the former site of the Washington Jockey Club, flanking the White House. [5] In 1869, following the Civil War, Congress appointed a commission to select a site and submit plan and cost estimates for a new State Department Building, with possible arrangements to house the War and Navy departments.
1 Broadway (formerly known as the International Mercantile Marine Company Building, the United States Lines Building, and the Washington Building) is a 12-story office building in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City.
1600 Seventh is a 32-story, 498 ft (152 m) skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, United States.Designed by John Graham & Company, it was completed in 1976; as of 2022, it is the 22nd-tallest building in the city.
The Blackpool Tower Company was founded by London-based Standard Contract & Debenture Corporation in 1890; it bought an aquarium on Central Promenade with the intention of building a replica Eiffel Tower on the site. John Bickerstaffe, a former mayor of Blackpool, was asked to become chairman of the new company, and its shares went on sale in ...
The building contains more Public Work Administration artwork than any other government building and includes the work of the second-highest number of PWA artists, more than any except the Franklin Street Post Office Station in Washington. [2] As in other aspects of the building design, Ickes was involved in every step of the artwork:
The building also features a private 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m 2) rooftop patio on the west half of the 17th floor for workers of the tower to take walks along the several walking paths. [ citation needed ] The west facade of the Russell Investments Center displays a "12" during Seattle Seahawks games—a reference to the team's 12th man —by ...
The organization began seeking a new Washington, D.C., headquarters in 1977. [10] Ultimately, they held a competition through the International Union of Architects to design a new energy-efficient building in which at least 70% of the office space had natural light and a view of the outside. [11]
Three additional kilns were built at a later date. A number of companies operated at the site, including the Hudson Brick and Supply Company and the United Clay Products Company. Locally, the West Brothers Brick Company also manufactured bricks using beehive kilns, but that operation was closed in 1942 for the construction of the Pentagon. [2]