Quadrangle Construction

Summary

Looking down from the tallest tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building towards Independence Avenue, view is of the Quadrangle (South Yard) construction site for the future home of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the National Museum of African Art and the S. Dillon Ripley International Center, an underground museum and research complex. The pit has been dug and the construction of the building is in its early stages. The South Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building is in the foreground, and the Forrestal Building, headquarters facilities for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is in the background.

Subject

• Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
• South Yard
• Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
• National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
• S. Dillon Ripley International Center
• Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex
• United States Dept. of Energy James G. Forrestal Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in the "Torch" supplement, September 1987.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Folder: September 1987

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1984

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Construction
• Architecture
• Grounds

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Aerial

ID Number

SIA2011-1329 and 84-11807-18

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Aerial; Medium: Photographic print

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