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  1. L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C. in 2011; the glass pyramid, installed in the late 1990s, was removed two years later, in 2013. [1] L'Enfant Plaza is a complex of four commercial buildings grouped around a large plaza in the Southwest section of Washington, D.C., United States. Immediately below the plaza and the buildings is La Promenade ...

  2. Apr 30, 2008 · L'Enfant and the Capital Washington D.C. was established in 1790 when an act of Congress authorized a federal district along the Potomac River, a location offering an easy route to the western ...

  3. 1960–1973, I. M. Pei, master planner; Araldo A. Cossutta and Vlastimil Koubek, architects; Dan Kiley, landscape architect. 10th St. between Independence Ave. and Banneker Circle. L’Enfant Plaza was the centerpiece of the Southwest Washington Redevelopment Area—an effort to redevelop old and dilapidated single-family houses to provide high ...

  4. Apr 17, 2020 · The L'Enfant Plan. Pierre L’Enfant’s city plan of 1790 features a network of broad diagonal axes superimposed over a more traditional pattern of east-west and north-south streets. The most important axis, Pennsylvania Avenue, provides a direct link between the legislative and executive centers: the Capitol and the President’s House. L ...

  5. Silver Spring, MD223 contributions. Be Careful, Be Safe. L'Enfant Plaza is conveniently located near the Mall and the Smithsonian, but it is a rather sterile concrete jungle. It is a bit "dead" outside of business hours, and if you walk the wrong direction, you can walk right onto the expressway.

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