Reimagining the Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Ave.
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The FBI’s headquarters were built in a style of architecture known as “Brutalist,” but many of the building’s neighbors in the increasingly posh Penn Quarter see it as an eyesore. Here is a look at one plan to revamp the building.
Anyone asking that the FBI building be preserved — an unpopular suggestion — would quickly be asked what should be done with it, particularly as a 2011 report found that renovating the building to modern standards would cost $1.7 billion and take as long as 14 years. Jeffrey MacMillan
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