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Originally Posted by mjohnson
I visit the DOE building every few months - rarely do I pass up a trip through the Smithsonian "castle" that's just across Independence Ave. That's such a cool museum in "the old way". A sort-of-arranged assortment of old stuff behind glass. No interpretive mumbo-jumbo. The gardens on the south side, facing Forrestal, are beautiful and there are two padded benches just perfect for a lunchtime half-smoke.
Speaking of my dear headquarters, how in a city of such pleasant architecture did that thing (and many others from the 1950-1970s) get built? It's as painful to work in (bad HVAC for starters) as it is to look at. I know Brutalism was/is a thing, but so is Ebola. Uck...
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I worked in the DOJ satellite office at 11th and F from 1984-1989. We were right across from the Hoover Building, which went up floor by floor during my time there, right outside my window. It was a series of concrete slabs stacked up on columns. Talk about hideous. It was fun to watch the electronic countermeasures guys sweep the floors every couple days during construction.