L’Enfant Plaza

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commercial complex public square transportation hub

L’Enfant Plaza is a major commercial and transportation complex in Southwest Washington, D.C., named after city planner Pierre Charles L’Enfant and located near the National Mall.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial complex → public square → transportation hub →
adjacentTo	Federal Center SW → Smithsonian museums →
architect	I. M. Pei →
constructionStart	1960s →
country	United States →
developer	William Zeckendorf →
hasAddress	L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, D.C. →
hasCoordinateSystem	geographic coordinates (WGS84) →
hasFunction	connects federal office buildings → regional transit transfer point →
hasPart	L’Enfant Plaza Hotel → L’Enfant Plaza Station → L’Enfant Promenade → office buildings → parking facilities → retail space → underground shopping mall →
hasPedestrianAccess	underground concourses →
hasPublicSpace	open plaza →
hasUse	hotel → office → retail → transportation interchange →
locatedIn	Southwest Washington, D.C. → Washington, D.C. →
locatedNear	National Mall →
namedAfter	Pierre Charles L’Enfant →
namedForRoleOfNamesake	planner of Washington, D.C. →
near	Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters → National Mall museums → Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum →
openingDate	1968 →
ownedBy	private real estate interests →
partOf	Southwest Federal Center area →
region	District of Columbia →
servedBy	Metrobus → Metrorail Blue Line → Metrorail Green Line → Metrorail Orange Line → Metrorail Silver Line → Metrorail Yellow Line → VRE commuter rail (nearby) → Washington Metro →
style	Brutalist architecture →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Long Bridge → MCI Center ("Penn Quarter") → Washington Channel (adjacent area) ("L'Enfant Plaza area") →	near
Pierre Charles L’Enfant → Pierre Charles L’Enfant ("L’Enfant Plaza station") →	honouredIn
Southwest Washington, D.C. →	contains
L’Enfant Plaza ("L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, D.C.") →	hasAddress
I. M. Pei & Associates ("L’Enfant Plaza Hotel") →	hasNotableWork
L’Enfant Plaza ("L’Enfant Plaza Hotel") →	hasPart
Postmaster General of the United States ("L’Enfant Plaza, Washington, D.C.") →	headquartersLocation
James V. Forrestal Building ("L’Enfant Plaza area") →	partOf