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Description of Pictures: Julu 19 and 20 were the first public days when you could actually tour the place including the runways. After 9/11, you won't be seeing that again!
From https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/07/20/at-national-airport-the-compliments-fly/d4327ea8-9e06-44d2-bf4e-7a2ecef835ec/
AT NATIONAL AIRPORT, THE COMPLIMENTS FLY
By Alice Reid; Sewell Chan
July 20, 1997
It was love at first sight yesterday for thousands of Washington area residents who surged into the open doors of National Airport's new terminal to get their first glimpse of the centerpiece of the airport's decade-long, $1 billion renovation.
At yesterday's open house -- there's another one today -- the initial reviews for Cesar Pelli's $450 million structure near the Potomac River were raves. Most people didn't seem to know which way to look first -- out the five-story window wall at the blue Potomac and Washington's monumental skyline, down at the giant floor medallions that are signatures of the building's multimillion-dollar art collection or up at the space created by the 65-foot-tall, domed ceiling. Most said they were delighted with what they saw, although a few groused about the steel and glass terminal's yellow trim.
All day, the terminal looked pretty much like a busy airport on a summer day, except that people were pushing children in strollers, not pulling luggage on wheels. Outside on the asphalt, where planes will begin loading and unloading passengers a week from today, vintage aircraft, not 757s, were pulled up and opened to visitors. And nobody was in a hurry.
"We think it's great. We pass {the terminal} every morning on the way to work, so it's great to finally see the inside," said Len Slobodin, 52, a government program analyst who was touring the building with his family, including two toddlers. "The concourse looks like a glass cathedral, it's so light and airy."
Slobodin, who flies often on business, said he'd reserve judgment on how well the building will wor ...More...
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Wikipedia Description: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA: DCA, ICAO: KDCA, FAA LID: DCA) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Washington, D.C., in Arlington County, Virginia, United States. It is notable for being the nearest commercial airport to Washington, D.C. Originally named Washington National Airport, the facility was renamed after former President Ronald Reagan in 1998. The airport is commonly known as "National", "Washington National", "Reagan", and "Reagan National"; "DCA" is used as the main airport code.
The airport is a focus city for US Airways, also the airport's largest carrier. The US Airways Shuttle offers air shuttle service to LaGuardia Airport in New York City and Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. Delta Air Lines' Delta Shuttle offers air shuttle service to LaGuardia Airport in New York City. With a handful of exceptions, flights are restricted to destinations within 1,250 miles (2,012 km), in an effort to control aviation noise and to drive air traffic to the larger but more distant Washington Dulles International Airport. In 2006, the airport served approximately 18.5 million passengers. Because the airport lacks U.S. immigration and customs facilities, the only international flights allowed to land at DCA arrive from airports with U.S. Customs and Border Protection preclearance, which include Nassau, Bahamas; Bermuda; Toronto, Ontario; and Montreal, Quebec.
History:
Washington National Airport was built by the federal government in 1940–41 by John McShain on mudflats alongside the Potomac River at Gravelly Point, 7 km (4½ miles) south of Washington, D.C.
Captain John Alexander built a mansion called "Abingdon" on the site in 1746. A descendent, Philip Alexander, donated most of the land on which the City of Alexandria was built, and it was so named in his honor. Abingdon Mansion was pu ...More...
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1997 photos: Since 1984, I've lived in Silver Spring, Maryland.
From 1981 to 2002, photos were taken using a Pentax ME Super camera.
From 1989 to 2002, I was doing all pictures as prints (instead of slides which I had grown up on).
In 1997, at the age of 40, my photo obsession began and I started taking thousands of photos per year.
In September, 2002, I switched to digital cameras and the number of photos exploded.
Trips this year: North Carolina (Dad), Florida (Mom), using a time share in Arkansas to visit Civil War sites in Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. The Civil War became my excuse to see places I'd never been to in my life and it was a great motivator for 20 years or so.
Image quality for my pictures is variable because these are scans of slides and/or prints at varying quality/resolutions.The Great Pandemic Digitizing Project: When I was first setting up my website in August, 2000, I had decided to digitize some of my favorite pre-digital slides and prints. The scans were fairly low resolution but they were good enough. With COVID forcing me to stay indoors, I decided to rescan ALL of my pre-digital images from multiple sources (slides, prints, and negatives) at a much higher resolution and quality setting. (I digitized Dad's slides at the same time). Instead of replacing my original scans, I added the new scans to existing pages, figuring I'd select the best ones later. As a result, multiple versions of images appear on most of these early pages. At some point, I'll take the time to do a final review and get rid of the duplicates.
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