Post #552593 by Johnny Dollar on Tue, Sep 7, 2010 9:18 AM

here are some national archives images from 1945:

of course, by my research TV DC was open 1961 - 1995

i gut feeling is that since the existing hotel restaurant is at the north side (i.e. to the left of the lobby when looking at the elevation), that is likely where trader vic's was. also, that angular smoked-glassed in patio used to be an open deck with metal guard rails - i think that is what we are seeing in the photo at the very top of this thread. that means the stairs and landings in the photo at the top of this thread come down from near the intersection of 16th street and L Street, and the tikis at the left were next to the retaining wall that goes up to the main drive from the entry.

[ Edited by: Johnny Dollar 2010-09-07 10:27 ]