L'Enfant Plaza is a complex of four commercial buildings grouped around a large plaza in the Southwest section of Washington, D.C., United States. Immediately below the plaza and the buildings is La P
L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C. in 2011; the glass pyramid, installed in the late 1990s, was removed two years later, in 2013.
The United States Capitol from the Southwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. in July 1939
William Zeckendorf in 1952; he proposed naming the buildings after Pierre Charles L'Enfant
I. M. Pei, the architect who designed the master plan and overall look of L'Enfant Promenade and Plaza
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular are
L'Enfant Plaza
…which with 640,000 square feet (59,000 m2) of interior office space was the largest private office building at the time in Washington. In June 1972, the United States Postal Service purchased the West Building for its national headquarters. A third architect, Edwin F. Schnedl, designed the shopping mall and food court areas. Known…
USPS Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (2024)
A letter carrier empties a mailbox in New York City
A Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) in Golden, Colorado. The USPS plans to purchase over 165,000 NGDVs.
A Grumman LLV in Edison, New Jersey. LLVs were manufactured from 1987 to 1994, and many remain in service.