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Map of Washington, D.C. in 2000

Map of Washington, D.C. in 2000

Date of Work
2000
Credit
Library of Congress

Map of Washington, D.C. in 2000

Joseph Passonneau’s axonometric map of the city in the year 2000 shows further developments in the area of the President’s Park. To the right of the Ellipse the large single large building is the 1928 Commerce Department; beyond it is the west end of the Federal Triangle complex, 1910–38. While the 19th-century Ellipse and executive buildings appear much the same as they have for a century, north of the White House, however, the large new government buildings of the 1960s and 1970s loom over the restored row houses of Lafayette Park.

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