corporate material advantages to the city, in developing this project, is of great interest and gratification to the local civic groups who have endorsed and developed it.

10 save the valuable time of the committee on September 13, 1967, I but briefly indicated the functions of our project without going into even the major details. I am pleased to have this opportunity to describe its main features more fully. The complex lies directly south of Mt. Vernon Square and is bounded by H Street, Tenth Street, New York Avenue, Mt. Vernon Square, Massachuestts Avenue and Sixth Street, all of course North West. This comprises an area of eight blocks. It might at first be considered that the project is of undue size. From our studies of its functions actually it is just large enough to house the features it will contain. Attached is a map showing our location and that of the Visitors Center (marked "A").

The transportation center is all below ground save for the local city buses which will be on 9th and 7th Streets. The underground area comprises three million square feet total on three equal-sized levels. The lowest level is for the interstate buses. The next is for the suburban buses and the first level underground is a pedestrian concourse. This connects by escalators and elevators to the lower levels and by an underground passageway under 8th Street to the subway station at 8th and G Streets. Equal access is provided to the street levels and to the pedestrian level above. Since parking facilities do not require as much head room, our architects have been able to fit four levels of parking into the three sublevels described above. Attached is a sketch showing the underground area in cross section (marked "B").

Both interstate bus, suburban bus, and parking levels connect with the center leg of the inner loop by tunnels under I Street.

Above ground we have been able to take advantage of the land contour which is some fifteen feet lower at H Street than at Mt. Vernon Square. A pedestrian level, completely separate from any vehicular traffic, will cover the area, at street level at the Square, and with escalators and stairs at H Street. Seventh and Ninth Streets will run through short tunnels under the pedestrian level. These, due to the land elevations, will be short, daylight tunnels, and the local buses will have cut-back loading platforms in the project to avoid traffic congestion. Attached is a sketch showing the pedestrian level (marked "C").

The first floor above the pedestrian level will be for retail stores with accesses by elevators to the industrial exposition on five floors above. Above the 3,700,000 sq. feet of exposition area will be approximately 1,580,000 sq. feet of office space on two floors. Originally some interest was expressed by the government in leasing this space; however, as our discussions with industry continue, we find that they are most interested in office space above their exhibits. The preliminary architectural concept visualizes a huge arcade over 8th Street with fountains, grass, benches, and bushes-in short, a pleasant place for people to come for relaxation. Attached is a sketch of this arcade (marked "D"). This carries out the general plan of Washington using 8th Street as a pedestian mall from Pennsylvania Avenue to Mt. Vernon Square. Attached is a sketch of this plan (marked "E"). Particular attention is being given to the appearance of the above-ground structure in order that they will add to the beauty and dignity of Washington.

In the accompanying illustrations it will be noted that we have not drawn any perspective of the total complex though we have several designs in various stages of development. This structure will have a profound effect upon the appearance of the downtown area, and therefore we wish to develop our plans further prior to completion of our drawings. The huge translucent arcade over 8th Street to which I refer above appears to have very considerable merit, and I hope that it will be an integral feature of our design.

In response to questions from the committee, the following is a recapitulation of the total square footage in the complex.

Each sublevel is 1,000,000 sq. ft. x 3=3,000,000 sq. ft. This results in a net square footage of 2,375,000 sq. ft. Therefore, the total area above and below ground is: Gross, 9,080,000 sq. ft. and Net, 6,875,000 sq. ft.

Two corporations are necessary, a commercial corporation to build and operate the entire complex, and a non-profit corporation composed of industry to set policies for the exposition areas, arrange for special displays, and, among many other matters, to issue a high grade quarterly brochure distributed nationally and internationally. This will include articles on the Visitors Center and the other points of interest to encourage visitors to come to Washington.

Our preliminary costs and revenue figures indicate that this great project can amortize over a reasonable term of years, pay operating expenses, and return