Rosslyn Twin Towers

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Rosslyn Twin Towers

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Rosslyn Twin Towers (left), final construction of 1812 N Moore (right), with the treeline of Theodore Roosevelt Island in the foreground.
General information
Status Complete
Type Office, ground floor retail, observation deck
Location Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates 38°53′39.54″N77°4′10.74″W / 38.8943167°N 77.0696500°W / 38.8943167; -77.0696500 Coordinates: 38°53′39.54″N77°4′10.74″W / 38.8943167°N 77.0696500°W / 38.8943167; -77.0696500
Elevation ~50 ft (15 m)
Completed 1980-82
Height
Antenna spire 381 ft (116 m) [1]
Technical details
Floor count 26-27 [1]
Floor area 1,200,000 sq ft (111,500 m2) [2]
Design and construction
Architect Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, KCF-SHG Inc. [1]
Main contractor Monday Properties

1000 and 1100 Wilson Boulevard, collectively known as the Rosslyn Twin Towers, were the tallest buildings in the Washington metropolitan area for three decades until the completion of 1812 N Moore a block away. They remain the tallest twin towers in the region and the commonwealth of Virginia.

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1812 N Moore

1812 North Moore is an office building in Arlington, Virginia, developed by Monday Properties. It was topped out in March 2013, surpassing the nearby Rosslyn Twin Towers as the tallest building in the Washington metropolitan area.

The buildings are home to the headquarters of Politico and WJLA-TV, and were formerly home to the headquarters of Gannett Company/USA Today. [3]

Politico, known originally as The Politico, is an American political journalism company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally. It distributes content through its website, television, printed newspapers, radio, and podcasts. Its coverage in Washington, D.C., includes the U.S. Congress, lobbying, the media and the presidency.

WJLA-TV ABC television affiliate in Washington, D.C.

WJLA-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 7, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to the American capital city of Washington, District of Columbia. The station is owned by the Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also operates local cable channel WJLA 24/7 News. The two outlets share studios on Wilson Boulevard in the Rosslyn section of Arlington, Virginia; WJLA-TV's transmitter is located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of northwest Washington.

The towers are part of a complex that features retail, and televisions and news tickers visible from the nearby intersection. Arlington County approved construction of rooftop decks for each tower, with the newest projected to be open by spring 2016. [2]

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