Editing Federal Triangle (section)

==Name==
The name "Federal Triangle" appears to have been a journalistic invention.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ghostsofdc.org/2015/05/15/why-is-it-named-federal-triangle/|title=Why Is It Named Federal Triangle?|last=Tom|date=2015-05-15|website=Ghosts of DC|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-20}}</ref>  The press wrote of a "Pennsylvania Avenue Triangle" as early as November 18, 1926,<ref name="Pick" /> and use of this name continued as late as June 1929,<ref name="IRSCornerstone">"The Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew W. Mellon." ''New York Times.'' May 26, 1929.</ref><ref name="HooverHails" /><ref name="MellonRain">"Revenue Building Cornerstone Laid By Mellon In Rain." ''Washington Post.'' May 21, 1929.</ref> but by 1927, it was more common for the news media to refer to the area as "the Triangle".<ref name="Whitaker" /> This name was in use by 1928, even by government officials,<ref name="Speers">Speers, L.C. "Washington's Aspect Is Undergoing Change." ''New York Times.'' March 18, 1928.</ref> and still used as of late 1934.<ref name="McCormick">McCormick, Anne O'Hare. "Building the Greater Capital." ''New York Times.'' May 26, 1929.</ref><ref name="HooverEnlarges" /><ref name="AdamsGrows">Adams, Mildred. "Washington Triangle Grows." ''New York Times.'' October 7, 1934.</ref>

The [[Associated Press]] first used the term "Federal Triangle" (with both words capitalized) in 1935.<ref>"Capitol Triangle at Last Completed." ''Associated Press.'' August 4, 1935.</ref> ''The New York Times'' first used the term in 1936, although the paper's capitalization of both words did not become standardized until 1939.<ref>For examples, see: George, Frank. "Eat More Fish, Uncle Sam Urges." ''New York Times.'' November 1, 1936; "Farm Building Is Biggest." ''New York Times.'' August 1, 1937; "Building Progress Is Wide In Capital." ''New York Times.'' May 7, 1939; Modlens, Joseph. "Washington Offers Many Opportunities For Camera Studies of Architecture." ''New York Times.'' December 24, 1939; Fredericksen, Paul. "The New Washington." ''New York Times.'' July 28, 1940; Reston, James B. "L'Enfant's Capital." ''New York Times.'' June 1, 1941.</ref> Definitions of the area also varied at first.  Early news reports believed the eastern apex of Federal Triangle extended as far east and south as the [[Ulysses S. Grant Memorial]] in front of the [[United States Capitol]].<ref name="Whitaker" /><ref name="Speers" /> But almost all reports referred to Pennsylvania Avenue NW and 15th Street NW as the Triangle's northern and western boundaries.<ref name="Whitaker" /><ref name="Speers" /><ref name="AdamsGrows" />