Washington Hilton
| Washington Hilton | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Location | 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, District of Columbia |
| Openin | 1965 |
| Management | Hilton Worldwide |
| Technical details | |
| Fluir coont | 12 |
| Design an construction | |
| Airchitect | William B. Tabler Architects |
| Developer | Uris Brothers |
| Ither information | |
| Nummer o rooms | 1,070 |
| Nummer o suites | 47 |
| Nummer o restaurants | The District Line Restaurant, McClellan's Sports Bar |
| Wabsteid | |
| http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hottle/DCAWHHH-Washington-Hilton-District-of-Columbia/index.do | |
The Washington Hilton,[1][2] which wis offeecially kent as the Hilton Washington for a period in the early 21st century an is whiles referrit tae ironically as the Hinckley Hilton[3][4][5] bi locals, is a hottle in Washington, D.C. It is locatit at 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., roughly at the boundaries o the Kalorama, Dupont Circle, an Adams Morgan neighborhoods.
The hottle wis the site o the assassination attempt on Preses Ronald Reagan bi John Hinckley, Jr. on Mairch 30, 1981. The attempt occurrit at the hottle's T Street NW exit.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ See, e.g., Big Ballroom at the Washington Hilton, Albuquerque Journal online edition, February 3, 2007 Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine; Hillary Profita, Behind The Scenes Of History: Covering The President On March 30, 1981, CBS News, March 30, 2006 Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine; The Spa at the Washington Hilton, Washingtonpost.com[deid airtin]
- ↑ See generally Google Search: "The Washington Hilton"
- ↑ Harry Jaffe, Prepping for the protests, Salon.com, April 15, 2000 Archived 2008-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Barry Svrluga, National Pastime (2006), excerpted at
- ↑ Denis Dutton, The White House Press Correspondents’ Dinner, Sunday Star Times (New Zealand), May 7, 2006 Archived 2014-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
Ither wabsteids
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Hilton Washington. |
- Official site[deid airtin]
- Ladies and Gentlement, From Los Angeles, California ... The Doors! - 1967 Doors concert at Washington Hilton
- Hendrix Plays the Washington Hilton (1968)[deid airtin] - 1968 Jimi Hendrix concert at the Washington Hilton an review frae the Washington Post