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The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3 million square foot (210,000 mē) building located 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....
 The center was designed by Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
-based architecture firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates
Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates

tvsdesign, formerly known as Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates or TVS, is an international architecture and interior design firm in the areas of planning, architecture, interior design and sustainable design....
. The center is located in a superblock
City Block

City Blocks are a part of the fictional universe recounted in the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD ....
 bounded by Mount Vernon Square
Mount Vernon Square

Mount Vernon Square is a town square in the Washington DC Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C. It is located where the following streets would otherwise intersect: Massachusetts Avenue , New York Avenue , K Street , and 8th Street NW....
 and 7th
7th Street (Washington, D.C.)

There are four north-south arteries in Washington, D.C. named Seventh Street that are differentiated by the Address #Quadrants of the city in which they are located....
, 9th, and N streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. (northwest)

Northwest is the northwestern Quadrants of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of the National Mall and west of North Capitol Street....
  It is served by the Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center
Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center (Washington Metro)

Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green Line and Yellow Line Lines. Yellow Line trains terminate service here, and reverse direction using a pocket track just north of the station....
 station on the Yellow
Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

The Yellow Line of the Washington Metro consists of 17 rapid transit metro station from Huntington to Fort Totten . The line terminates at the Mount Vernon Square/7th Street-Convention Center station during peak hours....
 and Green
Green Line (Washington Metro)

The Green Line of the Washington Metro consists of 21 rapid transit metro station from Branch Avenue to Greenbelt . It starts in Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland, runs through all four quadrants of the District of Columbia, and exits back out into Prince George's County....
 lines of the Washington Metro
Washington Metro

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....
. It was completed in 2003.

The Washington Convention Center Authority (WCCA) Board of Directors agreed to expand the newly built convention center by 75,000 square feet (7,000 mē) and build and own a hotel with between 1,220 and 1,500 rooms and an additional of convention and ballroom space.

Most of the inaugural balls for the 2005 Presidential Inauguration of George W. Bush
George W. Bush

George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001....
 were held at the convention center, and six of the 10 official balls of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama
Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
 took place there, including the first-ever Neighborhood Ball.

In 2006, the Council of the District of Columbia
Council of the District of Columbia

The Council of the District of Columbia is the legislative branch of the local government of Washington, D.C. Because the United States Constitution places the District of Columbia under the sole control of United States Congress, all acts of the council are subject to congressional override, and thus the council has less power than most cit...
 approved legislation naming the then-Washington Convention Center in honor of the city's first home rule
District of Columbia home rule

Washington, D.C. home rule is a term encompassing the controversy regarding the lack of ability for the residents of the District of Columbia to govern their local affairs....
 mayor, the late Walter E.






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The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3 million square foot (210,000 mē) building located 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....
 The center was designed by Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
-based architecture firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates
Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates

tvsdesign, formerly known as Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates or TVS, is an international architecture and interior design firm in the areas of planning, architecture, interior design and sustainable design....
. The center is located in a superblock
City Block

City Blocks are a part of the fictional universe recounted in the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD ....
 bounded by Mount Vernon Square
Mount Vernon Square

Mount Vernon Square is a town square in the Washington DC Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C. It is located where the following streets would otherwise intersect: Massachusetts Avenue , New York Avenue , K Street , and 8th Street NW....
 and 7th
7th Street (Washington, D.C.)

There are four north-south arteries in Washington, D.C. named Seventh Street that are differentiated by the Address #Quadrants of the city in which they are located....
, 9th, and N streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. (northwest)

Northwest is the northwestern Quadrants of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of the National Mall and west of North Capitol Street....
  It is served by the Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center
Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center (Washington Metro)

Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green Line and Yellow Line Lines. Yellow Line trains terminate service here, and reverse direction using a pocket track just north of the station....
 station on the Yellow
Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

The Yellow Line of the Washington Metro consists of 17 rapid transit metro station from Huntington to Fort Totten . The line terminates at the Mount Vernon Square/7th Street-Convention Center station during peak hours....
 and Green
Green Line (Washington Metro)

The Green Line of the Washington Metro consists of 21 rapid transit metro station from Branch Avenue to Greenbelt . It starts in Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland, runs through all four quadrants of the District of Columbia, and exits back out into Prince George's County....
 lines of the Washington Metro
Washington Metro

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....
. It was completed in 2003.

The Washington Convention Center Authority (WCCA) Board of Directors agreed to expand the newly built convention center by 75,000 square feet (7,000 mē) and build and own a hotel with between 1,220 and 1,500 rooms and an additional of convention and ballroom space.

Most of the inaugural balls for the 2005 Presidential Inauguration of George W. Bush
George W. Bush

George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001....
 were held at the convention center, and six of the 10 official balls of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama
Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
 took place there, including the first-ever Neighborhood Ball.

In 2006, the Council of the District of Columbia
Council of the District of Columbia

The Council of the District of Columbia is the legislative branch of the local government of Washington, D.C. Because the United States Constitution places the District of Columbia under the sole control of United States Congress, all acts of the council are subject to congressional override, and thus the council has less power than most cit...
 approved legislation naming the then-Washington Convention Center in honor of the city's first home rule
District of Columbia home rule

Washington, D.C. home rule is a term encompassing the controversy regarding the lack of ability for the residents of the District of Columbia to govern their local affairs....
 mayor, the late Walter E. Washington.

The old Washington Convention Center

The previous Washington Convention Center was located one block southwest at 909 H Street NW, occupying the city block bounded by New York Avenue
New York Avenue (Washington, D.C.)

New York Avenue is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House in Washington, D.C. It is a major east-west route in the city's Washington DC and Washington DC quadrants and connects downtown with points east and north of the city via Cheverly, Maryland, the John Hanson Highway and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway....
, 9th Street, H Street and 11th Street. Construction on the center began in 1980, and it opened in 1983. At 800,000 gross square feet it was, at the time, the fourth largest facility in the United States. However, during the 1980s and 1990s numerous larger and more modern facilities were constructed around the country and by 1997 the Washington Convention Center had become the 30th largest facility. After being replaced by the new Walter E. Washington Convention Center, it was imploded at approximately 7:30 a.m. on December 18, 2004. The site is now a municipal parking lot and is also used for special events such as Cirque Du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil is an entertainment company. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul, Qu?bec in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Lalibert? and Daniel Gauthier....
.

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