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| Constitution Avenue facade of the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, seen from Sixth Street NW, 1941;
photograph Jack Hyams |
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| Constitution Avenue facade of the West Building of the
National Gallery of Art, seen from Sixth Street NW, 2001 |
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North Facade
Sixth Street, a north-south thoroughfare, was closed in
1937 at Constitution Avenue for construction of the original West Building of the National Gallery of Art.
Since then, large office buildings gradually have replaced small-scale brick row houses on Sixth Street as
the urban core of the city has evolved. The grand north facade of the West Building remains as a dramatic
terminus for this urban vista.
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