Hilton Washington
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The Hilton Washington (also commonly known as the Washington Hilton[1][2] or locally as the Hinckley Hilton[3][4][5]) is a hotel located at 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., roughly at the boundaries of the Kalorama, Dupont Circle, and Adams Morgan neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. Built in the 1960s in a double-arched design, the hotel long sported the largest pillar-less hotel ballroom in the city. Numerous major Washington events have regularly been hosted at the Hilton Washington, including the annual dinners of the White House Correspondents Association and the Radio and Television Correspondents Association.
The hotel was the site of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr. on March 30, 1981. The attempt occurred at the hotel's T Street NW exit.
The hotel was purchased in June, 2007 by an investment firm jointly owned by former professional basketball star Magic Johnson.[6]
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- ^ See, e.g., Big Ballroom at the Washington Hilton, Albuquerque Journal online edition, February 3, 2007; Hillary Profita, Behind The Scenes Of History: Covering The President On March 30, 1981, CBS News, March 30, 2006; The Spa at the Washington Hilton, Washingtonpost.com
- ^ See generally Google Search: "The Washington Hilton"
- ^ Harry Jaffe, Prepping for the protests, Salon.com, April 15, 2000
- ^ Barry Svrluga, National Pastime (2006), excerpted at [1]
- ^ Denis Dutton, The White House Press Correspondents’ Dinner, Sunday Star Times (New Zealand), May 7, 2006
- ^ Charlotte Business Journal
