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The city agreed to extend 11th Street NW into the Federal Triangle south to C Street NW to provide access for automobiles. [147] [154] The Old Post Office Building's entrance on 11th Street NW would again be the structure's main entrance (opening the door on the long-closed side of the building). [154]
The William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building is a complex of several historic buildings located in the Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C., across 12th Street, NW from the Old Post Office. The complex now houses the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Pennsylvania Avenue saw its first electric streetlights give light on October 14, 1881. [56] A small number of additional lights north of the avenue along 10th Street NW were lit later that month. [57] The southern part of the Pennsylvania Avenue district was flooded many times in the last three decades of the 19th century.
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the central area of Washington, D.C. For the purposes of this list central Washington, D. C. is defined as all of the Northwest quadrant east of Rock Creek and south of M Street and all of the Southwest quadrant.
An illustration of Pennsylvania Avenue and the U.S. Capitol before it was burned down by the British Army on August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 Military units marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C., during the state funeral for Abraham Lincoln on April 19, 1865
Each of the organizations located in the Pennsylvania Avenue building are dedicated to international trade and global relations. Organizations headquartered in this building include U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
The Shops at National Place was a three-level, indoor shopping mall located in downtown Washington, D.C. in the 16-story National Place Building. [1] It is located on the block bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, F Street, between 13th and 14th Streets NW, the former site of the Munsey Trust Building.
Freedom Plaza, originally known as Western Plaza, is an open plaza in Northwest Washington, D.C., United States, located near 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, adjacent to Pershing Park. The plaza features an inlay that partially depicts Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's plan for the City of Washington.