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Ronald Reagan Building

side of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the Federal Triangle

Federal Triangle

File:Ariel Rios Building.jpgThe Federal Triangle is the Triangle area in Washington, D.C. formed by 15th Street, Constitution Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue....
area of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
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The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, named after former United States President

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
, is the first federal building in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
designed for both governmental and private sector purposes. Each of the organizations located in the Pennsylvania Avenue building are dedicated to international trade

International trade

International trade is exchange of Capital , goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, it represents a significant share of gross domestic product ....
and globalization

Globalization

Globalization in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones. It can be described as a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together....
. Organizations headquartered in this building include the U.S.

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side of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the Federal Triangle

Federal Triangle

File:Ariel Rios Building.jpgThe Federal Triangle is the Triangle area in Washington, D.C. formed by 15th Street, Constitution Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue....
area of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

President of the United States

Ronald Reagan

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
designed for both governmental and private sector purposes. Each of the organizations located in the Pennsylvania Avenue building are dedicated to international trade

International trade

Globalization

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing hundreds of U.S....
, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968....
. The first private sector lease was signed with investment banking firm Quarterdeck Investment Partners, Inc.

Quarterdeck Investment Partners, Inc.

Quarterdeck Investment Partners, Inc. is a boutique investment bank headquartered in Los Angeles, California which focuses exclusively on advising clients in the global aerospace and defense sectors....
The building hosts conferences, trade shows, cultural events, and outdoor concerts. However, post-9/11 security requirements for high-profile federal buildings have limited the extent of the public/private access anticipated by its designers.

The building is located above the Federal Triangle Metro station

Federal Triangle (Washington Metro)

File:Federal Triangle pylon.jpgFederal Triangle is a Washington Metro metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Blue Line and Orange Line Lines....
at what was once known as the "plague spot" in Washington, an area once populated heavily with saloons and brothel

Brothel

A brothel, also known as a bordello, cathouse or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sex with clients....
s. The federal government purchased the land in the 1920s, and it was to be part of the Federal Triangle redevelopment of the late 1920s and 1930s. Until development on the current building began in 1996, the area known as the "Great Plaza" was used as a massive downtown parking lot. The building, designed by James Ingo Freed

James Ingo Freed

James Ingo Freed was an United States architect born in Essen, Germany during the Weimar Republic.His family, which was Jewish, fled to the United States when he was 9 to escape the regime of Nazi Germany....
(of the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners is an architecture firm that was founded in 1955 by I. M. Pei as I. M. Pei & Associates, in 1966 called I. M. Pei & Partners, and received its current name and organization in 1989....
) and Ellerbe Becket

Ellerbe Becket

Ellerbe Becket is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Employee ownership firms that is one of the world's largest architectural firms.Other offices are located in Dallas, TX, Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC....
, is located in front of the Oscar Straus Memorial

Oscar Straus Memorial

File:Oscar Straus Memorial, Justice - Washington, D.C..jpgThe Oscar S. Straus Memorial in Washington, D.C. commemorates the accomplishments of the first Jew to serve in the Cabinet of the United States of a President of the United States....
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At the time it was built, the Ronald Reagan Building was the most expensive federal building ever constructed, at a cost of $768 million. As a federal office building, it is second in size only to the Pentagon

The Pentagon

The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia, Virginia. As a symbol of the Military of the United States, "the Pentagon" is often used Metonymy to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself....
. Its naming was controversial, because Ronald Reagan was considered to be a champion of small government and this building was seen by some as an example of a government waste. The conference center hosts over 1,200 events each year, including many of Washington's annual social galas. With the city's largest parking garage, information center, and a metro rail station, the building is visited by over 1 million tourists each year. The summer concert series held on the Woodrow Wilson Plaza and the many food options draw many to the building during the lunch hour.

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