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Union Square is an 11-acre public plaza at the foot of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States. [1] It encompasses the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial (1924) and the 6-acre Capitol Reflecting Pool (1971) and is just west of the United States Capitol building. Views differ as to whether the Square is just east of the National Mall or is itself ...
Discontinued March 29, 2009. Replaced by DC Circulator Union Station - Navy Yard Metro route. [45] P1 Petworth-Potomac Park Line Petworth: ↔: West Potomac Park: Renamed route 61 in 1991; P2, P7 Petworth Line Petworth: ↔: P2: Takoma station; P7: Federal Triangle; Renamed route 62 and 67 in 1991; P1, P2 Anacostia–Eckington Line: Anacostia ...
This is a result of the Green and Yellow Lines' location below 7th Street NW, while the Red Line curves southeast heading towards Judiciary Square and Union Station. [3] Plans to add a pedestrian tunnel connecting Gallery Place with Metro Center have long been in the works.
Station construction in 1973. Metro Center was one of the original 6 stations to open with the first section of the Red Line on March 27, 1976. The original name of the station was "12th and G", but WMATA planner William Herman argued it should be renamed, given the importance of the station and the fact that several entrances would be on other streets.
The result of the ballot was announced on 8 March 2007: 86.4 per cent of T&G members and 70.1 per cent of Amicus members voted to support the merger, from a turnout of 27% in both cases. [17] [18] [19] The press release announced that the resulting union had the working title "New Union" and the name would be decided by a ballot of the ...
As Washington, D.C., prepares for the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, several restaurants in the nation's capital are commemorating the occasion with special menus and experiences.
David Lever, 55, was charged with three counts of murder in the killings Friday of Anthony “Tony” Gribble, 80; Paula Gribble, 76; and Enrique Reyes, 64, according to the sheriff's office.
The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant.It sits at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st Street NW/SW, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue), below the west front of the United States Capitol. [3]