17 Facts About Federal Triangle

Federal Triangle is a triangular area in Washington, D C formed by 15th Street NW, Constitution Avenue NW, Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and E Street NW.

Federal Triangle is occupied by 10 large city and federal office buildings, all of which are part of the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.

Seven of the buildings in Federal Triangle were built by the U S federal government in the early and mid-1930s as part of a coordinated construction plan that has been called "one of the greatest building projects ever undertaken" and all seven buildings are now designated as architecturally historic.

Early news reports believed the eastern apex of Federal Triangle extended as far east and south as the Ulysses S Grant Memorial in front of the United States Capitol.

Federal legislation authorizing expanded, faster condemnation powers for the Federal Triangle areas was sought in November 1926, and passed a month later.

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The Commission on Fine Arts adopted a requirement that the planned Federal Triangle buildings have a "uniform appearance" and height, limiting the Board's deliberations.

Plans for the eastern apex of Federal Triangle were complicated by an ongoing effort to create a George Washington Memorial.

In 1929, even as the Federal Triangle project was moving forward, the George Washington Memorial Association was conducting fund-raising for the construction of the building at the proposed National Archives site.

Design of Federal Triangle was significantly influenced by the Louvre-Tuileries Palace complex in France and the concentration of government buildings in Whitehall in the United Kingdom.

The sites of all the Federal Triangle buildings had been established in their revised positions by May 1929, with two exceptions: The positions of the Justice and Archives buildings remained as originally planned, and the apex space remained unallotted.

Federal Triangle's words were broadcast over loudspeaker to the workers at the ICC end of the structure, who placed the ICC cornerstone simultaneously at the President's instruction .

The Federal Triangle project was considered complete with the installation of the Straus Memorial in 1947.

District of Columbia officials said in 1958 that they were willing to have the District Building torn down and Federal Triangle "finished", but a lack of federal funds defeated the move.

Several other outstanding issues regarding Federal Triangle's development were raised, and occasionally resolved, in the next half-century.

Federal Triangle Walk was gradually implemented in piecemeal fashion over the next 15 years, although it still remained incomplete as of 1997.

Preliminary design specifications required that the final building be no taller than the existing Federal Triangle structures, be constructed of similar materials, emphasize pedestrian traffic, and have a "sympathetic" architectural style.

Federal Triangle employees working in the building gave it "rave reviews" and at its dedication was one of the most sought-after places to work in the city.