Federal Triangle

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There are several uses of the term:

• A building complex in Washington, D.C. with a generally uniform style of architecture including orange Spanish tile roofs, devoted to many of the Civil Service functions of the United States Federal Government, and constructed in the 1930s.
• The Federal Triangle Metro Station which serves this complex and the surrounding area.
• The triangle formed by 15th Street, Constitution Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue, which includes such federal agencies as the Justice Department, Department of Commerce, the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Trade Commission and National Archives, as well as the giant Ronald Reagan Building, Departmental Auditorium, Washington aquarium, and Old Post Office with clock tower.

Federal Triangle buildings, Washington, D.C.

Ariel Rios Building, Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.. The clock tower of the Old Post Office (Washington) can be glimpsed in the background.

Washington Monument in background, Federal Triangle, Washington D.C.. Ariel Rios Building in foreground. Kennan Institute and Ronald Reagan Building, middle of the image.

U.S. Capitol as seen along Pennsylvania Avenue, Federal Triangle