Pentagon City is an unincorporated neighborhood located in the southeast portion of Arlington County, Virginia. It is located near The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
Pentagon City at night in March 2021
A 1950s postcard of The Pentagon with a still undeveloped Pentagon City in the top right
Pentagon City in the 1980s
Washington Tower, designed by RTKL Associates, located above the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As a symbol of the U.S. military, the phrase The Pentagon is often used as a metonym for the Department of Defense and its leadership.
A view of The Pentagon from the south in September 2007
The main Navy Building (foreground) and the Munitions Building were temporary structures built during World War I on the National Mall. The Department of War was headquartered in the Munitions Building for several years before moving into the Pentagon.
The Hall of Heroes on the Pentagon's main concourse
Military police keep back Vietnam War protesters during their sit-in at the Pentagon's National Mall entrance on 21 October 1967
