Federal Triangle
Building in Washington, D.C., United StatesWikipedia
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Sep 20, 2026
Peter DukeGUEST
And there's all kinds of other pediments.
Peter DukeGUEST
During the construction of the Federal Triangle, which is from 1933 to 1936, there's quite a few pediments.
Peter DukeGUEST
And most of the impediments have, like, real, like, what you would think of New Deal Americana.
Peter DukeGUEST
You know, it's like farmers pushing plows and linemen putting up telephone lines and factory workers with wrenches on machines and things like that.
Diane SullivanGUEST
The rest of the National Mall has federal office space that's going to remain.
Diane SullivanGUEST
You have the Federal Triangle, Department of State.
Diane SullivanGUEST
But here in Southwest, where you have so much exciting activity happening at the wharf and on the waterfront, which is only a quarter of a mile down L'Enfant Promenade from the Smithsonian Castle, Right now, it is such a terrible place to walk.
Diane SullivanGUEST
It's all concrete.
Diane SullivanGUEST
The rest of the National Mall has federal office space that's going to remain.
Diane SullivanGUEST
You have the Federal Triangle, Department of State.
Diane SullivanGUEST
But here in Southwest, where you have so much exciting activity happening at the wharf and on the waterfront, which is only a quarter of a mile down L'Enfant Promenade from the Smithsonian Castle, Right now, it is such a terrible place to walk.
Diane SullivanGUEST
It's all concrete.
Jay DyerHOST
Triangle is so largely implanted upon the map of the city that is identified by a name which emphasizes its functions as much as its geometric shape.
Jay DyerHOST
I refer to the Federal Triangle, which runs its hypotenuse along Pennsylvania Avenue.
Jay DyerHOST
Before we examine the significance of this particular triangle, which is replete with cosmic and arcane meaning, we should look a little more closely at the symbolism of the triangle itself.
Jay DyerHOST
Okay, are we going to do that? Maybe later.
Jay DyerHOST
Albert Pike being, of course, the famous general of the Civil War, and he is buried underneath the Supreme Council of the 33rd there in Washington, D.C., Grand Lodge of Masonry.
Jay DyerHOST
So the triangle is another representation or can be of the Trinity.
Jay DyerHOST
So the Capitol, the White House and Washington Monument all form what they call the Federal Triangle or the L'Enfant Triangle.
Jay DyerHOST
That's why you have so many French people helping out with the American Revolution because it started there with the French Revolution and Enlightenment.
Sunny HostinHOST
And for all of that time, I could not find out if anyone was okay.
Sunny HostinHOST
And I will just, I'll, I'll never forget, because they thought it was gonna hit the Federal Triangle-
Joy BeharHOST
Mm
Sunny HostinHOST
... which is where I was.
Scott WolterHOST
Stonehenge in England has enormous standing stones that mark important dates, serving as a giant calendar.
Scott WolterHOST
Even the Washington Monument in DC is part of the Federal Triangle that lines up with the stars.
Scott WolterHOST
But the question for me
Alan ButlerGUEST
is, who built this? Well, we're talking about 2000 BC, 4,000 years ago.