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Washington Monument2 NNE (Commerce)
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|| 16th Street Catholic Shrine || (the diagonal) 15th St (in distance) || || * Treasury || Willard Hotel || || Dept of 14th St DC District || Commerce (can't see) Building || .. || .. International || .. Trade Center
* The white area is an edge of the White House
The Willard Hotel has been around forever. It is a very fancy hotel where Abe Lincoln stayed when he first came to town before he could move into the White House. It typically had high-paid lobbyists and is famous, for among things, being the reason Ulysses S Grant said "What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar"--everything in the hotel was just too expensive. The AAA book for 1996 says weekday rates at the 3-star hotel are $275-$335 for one person but they drop down to just $199 per night on weekends.
The International Trade Center (The Reagan Building) is the interesting shaped one. You'll see other shots of it. |