Does any DU'r drive near the US Capitol every day? If so, can you tell how old this picture is?

[A HERETIC I AM]

This is a screen shot from Google Earth of the US Capitol. I am just curious how old this Sat. photo is. Is the construction seen on the east side still underway?



Google Earth has some interesting and very different identifiable times/dates when Satellite photos were taken. For instance, the shot of Dulles airport shows the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Air and Space museum still under construction yet it was opened in December of '03. The shot of the house i used to live in in Palmdale, CA is after '04 because my car is no longer there and the sod i laid in the side yard in the summer of '03 is clearly visible. The shot of the Aircraft Carrier Intrepid - docked on the Hudson in Manhattan shows a Destroyer and a Sub on the pier opposite the Carrier but since the summer of 04 there has been a Concorde on display there.


I am just curious if any DU'r knows if the Capitol construction is complete and if so, how long has it been finished?

[rosesaylavee]

1. We mustn't speak of such things comrade.

:)

[INDIA]

2. Summer '05 it was still very much under construction.

They are building a massive underground visitor center. the lack of a large hole in the ground either denotes early on in construction (most likely) or near it's finish. I remember a massive window from the plans looking up onto the Rotunda, which isn't in the picture so I would guess early construction, round late 2003, 2004 ish.

They had huge walls up around the whole site so you couldn't really see the progress.

Hope that helps.

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. Ahhh...yes. I remember reading about the visitor center. Thanks.

I appreciate you and the others responding.

[hootinholler]

3. That's the visitor center construction, still underway.

Google maps had it obscured I assume for security reasons.

-Hoot