The
Pentagon has its own metro (subway) station.
This masterpiece of engineering was designed by George Edwin
Bergstrom. Despite its gargantuan size, the distance between every two
points in the complex never requires more than a 7 minutes walk. Plans
to convert the Pentagon to a hospital after the second world war were
abandoned with the outbreak of the Cold War.
The September 11 attack demolished 400,000 sq. feet of space and
damaged another 1.6 million. To recover them would cost $700 million.
About 1000 tons of limestone in 3700 separate pieces were quarried in
Indiana to overhaul the facade. More than a 1000 laborers worked in
three shifts for almost nine months until the facade was remade.
Restoration will be completed in Spring 2003.
The State Department says that "a condolence book, a Presidential
photo, and handmade sympathy cards written by children were included
in a bronze box that was sealed into the limestone facade of the newly
rebuilt section of the Pentagon. The capsule is not intended to be
opened."
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pentagon/
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/020815pentagon.
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