Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
December 8, 2016. The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues.
38°54′05″N 77°02′46″W. / 38.901444°N 77.046167°W / 38.901444; -77.046167 ( Cleveland Abbe House) Cleveland Abbe, a prominent meteorologist who became known as the father of the National Weather Service, lived in this house from 1877 to 1909. Previous occupants in the early decades of the 19th century included James ...
National Park Service. National Mall and Memorial Parks (formerly known as National Capital Parks-Central) is an administrative unit of the National Park Service (NPS) encompassing many national memorials and other areas in Washington, D.C. Federally owned and administered parks in the capital area date back to 1790, some of the oldest in the ...
Georgetown Park. Coordinates: 38°54′16.78″N 77°3′49.5″W. Georgetown Park is a mixed use shopping mall and condominium complex in the Georgetown historic district of Washington, D.C. The Shops at Georgetown Park are located at 3222 M Street, NW. In 2014, the complex received an $80 million renovation and is an important tourist attraction.
Parts of F Street and 7th Street, N.W. and nearby blocks have historically been the heart of the Washington, D.C. Downtown shopping district. In the first half of the 20th century there were numerous upscale large department stores along and near F Street, while 7th Street housed more economical emporia and large retail furniture stores.
Bartholdi Fountain. Statue of Benito Juárez (Washington, D.C.) Benjamin C. Grenup Monument. Equestrian statue of Bernardo de Gálvez. Boy Scout Commemorative Tribute. Bust of Abraham Lincoln (Borglum) Bust of Alberto Santos-Dumont. Bust of Bernardo O'Higgins (Washington, D.C.) Bust of Edwin B. Hay.
World War II Memorial. / 38.88944°N 77.04056°W / 38.88944; -77.04056. The World War II Memorial is a national memorial in the United States [ 1][ 2] dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
In March 2012, The Washington Post reported that Monument Realty offered a base rent much higher than that of The Trump Organization. [130] Monument and development partner Angelo, Gordon & Co. proposed a 260,000-square-foot (24,000 m 2) office building with a media center on the first three