Editing K Street (Washington, D.C.) (section)

==Lobbying==
"K Street" is the common [[metonymy|metonym]] for [[Washington, D.C.]]'s [[lobbying]] industry, often used negatively in [[Campaign advertising|political campaign advertisements]], the same way [[Wall Street]] in [[New York City]] became a metonym for the U.S. financial markets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/index.php |title=Lobbying Database - OpenSecrets |access-date=October 29, 2010 |publisher=OpenSecrets.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728092547/http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/index.php |archive-date=July 28, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Brian | last = Montopoli | title = Grayson Calls Linda Robertson A "K Street Whore" | date = October 27, 2009 | publisher = CBS | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5427087-503544.html | work = cbsnews.com "Political Hotsheet" | access-date = October 29, 2010 | archive-date = October 24, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101024134932/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5427087-503544.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Many of the major D.C.-based lobbying firms were located on the section in Northwest Washington which passes from Georgetown through a portion of downtown D.C., although the strip has grown less popular for lobbyists in recent years.<ref name="kstreet"/><ref name="zak">{{cite news |last=Zak |first=Dan |date=February 5, 2012 |title=K Street: The route of all evil, or just the main drag? |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/k-street-the-route-of-all-evil-or-just-the-main-drag/2012/01/26/gIQAAnKdsQ_story.html |access-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-date=January 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101223434/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/k-street-the-route-of-all-evil-or-just-the-main-drag/2012/01/26/gIQAAnKdsQ_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since the late 1980s, many of the largest lobbying firms have moved off of K Street into larger spaces on adjacent streets; {{As of|2012|lc = y}}, only one of the top-20 largest lobbying firms has a K Street address.<ref name="zak" /> The major lobbying firms that physically remain on K Street, as of 2017, include [[CGCN Group]] and [[K&L Gates]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-influence/2017/07/17/another-lobbyist-joins-the-administration-221371|title=Another lobbyist joins the administration|website=POLITICO|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=July 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717223820/http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-influence/2017/07/17/another-lobbyist-joins-the-administration-221371|url-status=live}}</ref> although smaller and midsized lobbying and [[advocacy group]]s as well as [[law firm]]s, [[trade association]]s, some [[think tank]]s, and members of the [[public affairs industry]] who commonly interact with each other still occupy spaces on K Street and adjacent areas of [[Downtown (Washington, D.C.)|Downtown Washington, D.C.]]

The 2003 [[HBO]] [[television series]] ''[[K Street (TV series)|K Street]]'' about a lobbying firm takes its name and location from the street.<ref name="Stanley">{{cite news |last=Stanley |first=Alessandra |date=September 14, 2003 |title=Inside Washington Politics, Turned Inside Out |pages=40 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="Shales">{{cite news |last=Shales |first=Tom |date=September 15, 2003 |title=HBO's ''K Street'', In Uncharted Territory |pages=C01 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref name="Gallo">{{cite news |last=Gallo |first=Phil |date=September 16, 2003 |title=''K Street'' |pages=10 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref name="Bianculli">{{cite news |last=Bianculli |first=David |date=September 16, 2003 |title=Been Down This ''Street'' |pages=82 |work=[[The New York Daily News]]}}</ref><ref name="Buckman">{{cite news |last=Buckman |first=Adam |date=September 16, 2003 |title=''K Street'' Stands for "Kooky" |pages=82 |work=[[The New York Post]]}}</ref><ref name="Bianco">{{cite news |last=Bianco |first=Robert |date=September 19, 2003 |title=Well-intentioned ''K Street'' is headed the wrong way |pages=12E |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>