Kennedy Center
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, is the national cultural center of the United States, serving as a "living memorial" to John F. Kennedy. Locat
Kennedy Center seen from the Potomac River
The Kennedy Center as seen from the air on January 8, 2006 (before construction of the REACH expansion). A portion of the Watergate complex can be seen at the left.
Roger L. Stevens (left) watches as President Lyndon B. Johnson breaks ground December 2, 1964.
Rose Kennedy and Ted Kennedy in the presidential box during the center's opening gala on September 8, 1971
Edward Durell Stone
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Edward Durell Stone was an American architect known for the formal, highly decorative buildings he designed in the 1950s and 1960s. His works include the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City; the Pa
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…and private foundations. The center receives annual federal funding to cover building maintenance and operations. The original building, designed by Edward Durell Stone, is administered as a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution. An extension designed by Steven Holl opened in 2019. In 1968, George London became the…
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U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India (1959)
2 Columbus Circle, New York City (1958), before the facade was altered and the interior renovated
North Carolina State Legislative Building in Raleigh, North Carolina (1960)