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1. PENN_970202_01.JPG: Pennsylvania Avenue; dawn; Old Post Office Tower, Capitol PENNAVE2.GIF Pennsylvania Avenue; dawn; Old Post Office Tower, Capitol This is the view I see most mornings on my way to work. Well, except for the mornings I screw up and sleep in...
2. PENN_970202_02.JPG: Pennsylvania Avenue; sunrise Sunrise view. Old Post Office tower is on the right. Capitol dome is down at the bottom.
3. PENN_970413_01.JPG: Federal Triangle The red-roofed buildings to the right of the gallery is Federal Triangle. Originally swampland and then a thriving shopping district, the area had deteriorated during the Civil War. Called "Murder Bay" before the war, it became labeled "Hooker's Division" during the war. (General Joseph Hooker was a Union commander whose name is popularly attributed to being the source for the prostitution nickname "hookers"). The city had become an armed camp and dangerous characters preyed on the overcrowded citizens in this area, being jammed with saloons, gambling dens, and houses of prostitution. To control crime, gambling salons and prostitution houses were forced to concentrate in the area now known as Federal Triangle. In 1899, the Old Post Office (not called "Old" at the time of course) opened here. The MacMillan Plan recommended in 1902 that the area be turned into a municipal office park but the only new building constructed here in the next two decades was the District Building (1908). The place continued to deteriorate until the federal government bought it out in 1926. Construction commenced at the beginning of the Depression and it became a collection of federal office buildings. Federal Triangle consists of several buildings on a stretch of land 12 blocks across, bordered like a triangle between Pennsylvania Avenue to the north, 15th Street to the west, and Constitution Avenue to the south. Most of them share a common architecture and are covered by red tile roofs. These buildings are: 15th Street Dept of Commerce 14th Street Interstate Ronald District Commerce Reagan Building (1908) Commission International Trade Center --------- Customs Service Building --- 12th Street Internal Old Post Revenue Office (1899) Building 10th Street Justice Department 9th Street National Archives 7th Street Federal Trade Commission 6th Street The Ronald Reagan International Trade Center is still being built, having been designed by I.M. Pei. The building in front in this picture is the Federal Trade Commission. The National Archives is the building to the right of it. Behind it is the Justice Department, followed by the Old Post Office.
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Wikipedia Description: Pennsylvania Avenue
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Pennsylvania Avenue is a street in Washington, D.C. joining the White House and the United States Capitol. Called "America's Main Street," it is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches and civilian protests. Moreover, Pennsylvania Avenue is an important commuter route and is part of the National Highway System.

Route:

The street runs for seven miles inside Washington, but the stretch from the White House to the United States Capitol building is considered the most important—effectively the heart of the city. It continues on the other side of the Capitol for many miles, through the Capitol Hill neighborhood, over the Anacostia River on the John Philip Sousa Bridge, and well into Prince George's County, Maryland, where, in addition to its street name, it is designated Maryland Route 4. In the other direction, the street continues northwest past the White House, ending at M Street in Georgetown.

History:

Laid out by Pierre L'Enfant, Pennsylvania Avenue was one of the earliest streets constructed in the federal city. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson considered the Avenue an important feature of the new Capital. After inspecting L'Enfant's plan, President Washington referred to the thoroughfare as a "Grand Avenue." Jefferson concurred, and while the "grand avenue" was little more than a wide dirt road, he planted it with rows of fast growing Lombardy poplars. The symbolically important street was named for Pennsylvania as consolation for moving the capital from Philadelphia. From 1862 to 1962, streetcars ran the length of the avenue from Georgetown to the Anacostia River.

Although Pennsylvania Avenue extends seven miles, the expanse between the White House and the Capitol constitutes the ceremonial heart of the nation. Washington called this stretch "most magnificent & most convenient" and it has served the country well. At one time, Pennsylvania A ...More...
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