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Apr 21, 2016

Got Ideas For What To Do With The ‘Functionally Obsolete’ J. Edgar Hoover Building?

One senator says that Hoover’s name shouldn’t follow the headquarters to the ‘burbs.

Nov 09, 2011

Feds Agree: The FBI Building Is Awful

Housing Complex reported this morning on a study from the federal government that concluded what pretty much every District resident and visitor has long known: the FBI headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue is ugly and useless at effectively housing the agency.

Mar 24, 2011

J. Edgar Hoover Biopic To Shoot In D.C. This Weekend

It’s shaping up to be a rather busy weekend around the District. In addition to the first weekend of the National Cherry Blossom Festival and the National Marathon (we’ll have more on that later), there’ll be a big-time movie shoot going on. According to the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development, the Clint Eastwood-directed, Leonardo DiCaprio-starring J. Edgar Hoover biopic J. Edgar will be filming on Saturday and Sunday in “downtown D.C.”

 
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