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unusual facts about Pennsylvania Avenue



Capitol Reflecting Pool

(Other elements of the plan were the creation of the Third Street tunnel under the Mall and the relocation of a memorial to Civil War General George G. Meade from the northwest section of Union Square; that memorial now stands near the intersection of Constitution Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.)

John Philip Sousa Bridge

The John Philip Sousa Bridge also known as the Sousa bridge is a bridge that carries Pennsylvania Avenue across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. It has partial interchanges with Interstate 695 at its western terminus and with District of Columbia Route 295 at its eastern terminus.

White House Visitors Office

The White House Visitor Center is located in the north end of the Herbert C. Hoover Building (the Department of Commerce headquarters) between 14th Street and 15th Street on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in the Federal Triangle.


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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

The White House, the United States presidential residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

Cohoquinoque Creek

These tracks ran from the Delaware River to Broad Street and connected to the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad tracks on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Ellen Thomas

The Oracles of Pennsylvania Avenue (2012) by Tim Wilkerson, a documentary commissioned by the Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, recounts the lives of William and Ellen Thomas, Concepcion Picciotto and Norman Mayer.

KIMT-DT2

KIMT-DT2's parent station has studios on North Pennsylvania Avenue in Downtown Mason City, Iowa and a sales bureau on East William Street in Downtown Albert Lea, Minnesota.

KIMT-DT3

KIMT-DT3's parent station has studios on North Pennsylvania Avenue in Downtown Mason City, Iowa and a sales bureau on East William Street in Downtown Albert Lea, Minnesota.

Nathaniel A. Owings

Owings and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, then urban affairs adviser in President Richard Nixon's administration, were ultimately credited with the success of the master plan for the Washington Mall and for the redesign of Pennsylvania Avenue as the capital's grand ceremonial boulevard.

Pershing Park

In November 1963, the President's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue proposed a master plan for the redevelopment of Pennsylvania Avenue NW from the White House to the United States Capitol.

The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue is an American 1996 television film directed by Robert Ellis Miller.

Upton, Baltimore

Pennsylvania Avenue was the premiere shopping strip for black Baltimorians, inspiring comparisons to Lenox Avenue in Harlem.