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THE OLD WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER The old Washington Convention Center was located at 909 H Street NW, but in effect it occupied the city block bounded by . THE NEW WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER The current Washington Convention Center is a 2.3 million square feet (210,000 m²) building designed by Atlanta-based architecture firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates . The center is located in a Superblock bounded by Mount Vernon Square and 7th , 9th, and N streets, N.W. It is served by the Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center station on the Yellow and Green lines of the Washington Metro . The Washington Convention Center Authority (WCCA) Board of Directors recently agreed to expand the newly built convention center by 75,000 square feet (7,000 m²) and build and own a hotel with between 1,220 and 1,500 rooms and an additional 100,000 square feet of convention and ballroom space. Most of the inaugural balls for the 2005 Presidential Inauguration of George W. Bush were held at the Convention Center. In 2006 , the Council Of The District Of Columbia approved legislation renaming the Washington Convention Center in honor of the city's first Home-Rule mayor, the late Walter E. Washington . The building will be known as the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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