Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the Federal Triangle , Washington, DC , USA , is the second-largest building in the US government after the Pentagon and its first building for both government and private use with an area of 944,849 square meters . As a member of the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) in New York, it is part of the global network of around 300 WTCs in 100 countries.
It's located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue , northwest of the city, where the Federal Triangle Metrorail station is located. Numerous organizations, global businesses and federal agencies ( United States Agency for International Development , United States Customs and Border Protection and United States Border Patrol , United States Department of Homeland Security , Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and many more) are based or maintain offices in the building complex. Trade fairs, congresses, cultural events, charity balls, concerts and larger private festivities are also held there.
The building completes the development of the "Federal Triangle" on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue that began in 1920 and was constructed under the direction of James Ingo Freed (architects Pei, Cobb, Freed and Partners ) and Ellerbe Becket . After a construction period of eight years, from 1990 to 1998, the building was opened four years later than originally planned by President Bill Clinton on May 5, 1998 . It was the most expensive building in the United States to date ($ 818 million). 1200 events are held annually in the congress and conference center.
The administrator is the General Services Administration (GSA). The structure was named after the 40th President of the USA Ronald Reagan , during whose term of office the construction was planned. Every year around one million tourists visit the building. The attached parking garage is the largest in the city.
Web links
- Official website of the Ronald Reagan Building (Engl.)
- "An ironic boondoggle: opulent new Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC" , Insight magazine (Engl.)
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- ↑ Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center facility - Building Site and Building History (Engl.) ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Baunetz.de: Ronald Reagan Building opened in Washington
Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '39 " N , 77 ° 1' 50" W.