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A Historical Look at the Old Post Office Pavilion, Now the Waldorf Astoria

Take a look at the Old Post Office Pavilion, now the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Pennsylvania Ave. Learn how the building's ownership and purpose have changed over the years.
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Alligators in their enclosure in the original Animal House, also known as the Carnivora House, which opened in 1892 and was the first permanent building at the National Zoological Park. The alligators are housed in the "temporary" wooden wing of the structure (Smithsonian)
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Here is the lovely Old Post Office Pavilion, formerly the Trump Hotel and now the Waldorf Astoria on Pennsylvania Ave.

RU007355 - Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924, Smithsonian Institution Archives
Old Post Office Pavilion in 1919 – Source: Smithsonian
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