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Washington (“Hinckley”) Hilton, Washington, DC, 2023.
All the pixels, but no room service available, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53007102796
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Washington (“Hinckley”) Hilton, Washington, DC, 2023.
All the pixels, but no room service available, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53007102796
#photography
The Washington Hilton, completed 1965, was designed by architect William Tabler. It’s notable not only for its distinctive exterior, but also for the prominent events hosted there. The hotel is or has been home to the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, the National Prayer Breakfast, the Shmoocon conference, and the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, among many other things.
It has extensive back-of-house facilities and security features to accommodate high profile VIPs.
Based on the style and period, you might guess this was a minor work of Eero Saarinen’s (it shares many design elements with his arirport terminals of the same era). But, in fact, the architect was the less well known William Tabler, who had many commissions from Hilton. This was one of his most distinctive, I think.