Keck Center

Keck Center is a building in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on 5th Street Northwest. Keck Center is situated nearby to National Academy of Sciences, as well as near DCFD Fire Station Engine 2.

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Type: Commercial building
Description: building in Washington D.C.
Address: 500 5th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20004

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Capital One Arena.

National Mall

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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

Capital One Arena

Stadium

Photo: Cliff, CC BY 2.0.

Capital One Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. Capital One Arena is situated 700 feet northwest of Keck Center.

National Academy of Sciences

Photo: Túrelio, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The National Academy of Sciences is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and East End.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

East End

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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Downtown

Suburb

Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.

Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Keck Center

Categories: building and office
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89659° or 38° 53′ 48″ north

Longitude

-77.01939° or 77° 1′ 10″ west

Levels

Height

131 feet (40 metres)

Operator

National Academy of Sciences

Open location code

87C4VXWJ+J6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48041266

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

Wikidata ID

Q113563562

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