D.C's Largest Building A 'Wonder Of Architecture'

The new Washington Convention Center, ten years in the making, will be completed in March 2003.

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July 29, 2002, 11:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In a city filled with big monuments, big federal buildings and a big dome, Allen Y. Lew has been overseeing construction of something even bigger: a mammoth structure that spans six Washington blocks and is wide enough, deep enough and long enough for the Sears Tower to squeeze in for a nap."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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Sunday, July 21, 2002 in The Washington Post

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