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1099 14th Street NW, also known as Franklin Court, is a high-rise Postmodern skyscraper located in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Constructed in 1992 as part of the redevelopment of the Franklin Square area from a red-light district to an area of office buildings, it is a Class A office building with 11 stories aboveground, four below, and a mezzanine. Its tower, when built, was the highest in the city. ==History of the site== After the American Civil War, 14th Street NW became a fashionable residential district. By the 1930s, numerous retail shops and trendy nightclubs ringed Franklin Square and lined 14th Street.〔 In the 1950s, 14th Street NW between H Street NW and Thomas Circle was a high-class entertainment district. A large number of nightclubs lined the street, and some of the top entertainers in the nation performed in them.〔 Beginning in the 1960s, adult bookstores and peep shows began appearing along the street.〔 The 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. riots caused many businesses to flee the area.〔 By the 1970s, encouraged by city zoning laws,〔 14th Street had become a red-light district 10 blocks long.〔("D.C. Invaded By Porno Dealers and Hookers." ''Jet.'' July 22, 1976, p. 46. ) Accessed 2012-10-04.〕 Prostitution and the illegal drug trade (including the overt sale and use of illegal drugs) was common along the street.〔Simpson, Anne. "Strip Yields to Wreckers." ''Washington Post.'' April 29, 1986.〕 Known as "the Strip",〔Weatherford, p. 4.〕 this red-light district was nationally known and the very large number of prostitutes was something of a tourist attraction.〔Marks, p. 68.〕 Among the more notable establishments along the Strip were Adam & Eve, Benny's Home of the Porno Stars, The Butterfly, Californian Steak House, Casino Royal, The Cocoon, This Is It?,〔 and the Pink Pussy.〔Weatherford, p. 4.〕 Numerous barkers stood in the street, soliciting business for the adult businesses.〔A large number of lounges and tourist homes also existed along the Strip, and prostitutes (male and female; gendered, transvestite, and transgender; straight and gay) used these locations for prostitution.〔Horwitz, Sari. "D.C. Prostitution Crackdown Brings 183 Arrests in Two Weeks." ''Washington Post.'' April 24, 1987.〕 Between 1978 and 1985, real estate developers (driven by the scarcity of low-cost real estate in the city)〔Mariano, Ann. "Franklin Square Boosters See Boom Ahead." ''Washington Post.'' January 16, 1988.〕 slowly began buying up and closing some of the adult businesses along the Strip. About the same time, the Franklin Square Association – a group of building owners and investors with financial interests in the area – hired private investigators to record examples of liquor and zoning code violations. The association's activities led to the arrest of many adult club owners and the closure of their businesses.〔 In 1986, developers began tearing down many of the small, dilapidated structures along the Strip and started erecting tall, modern office buildings.〔 In the spring of 1987, the city began the largest crackdown on prostitution on the Strip since 1980.〔Crime fell rapidly. By January 1988, there was of new and renovated office space along 14th Street NW and around Franklin Square, with another of space worth $400 million opening by 1990.〔 The late 1980s saw a number of high-rise office buildings finished on 14th Street NW between I Street NW and Thomas Circle. These included 1400 I Street NW (erected by Manufacturers Real Estate) and 1313 K Street NW (now known as One Franklin Square). But according to a map printed by ''Washington Post'', no new building was planned to replace the five-story, dilapidated commercial building on the east side of 14th Street between K and L Streets NW.〔 By April 1989, the commercial buildings were being demolished, and a parking lot occupied the remainder of the site.〔Crenshaw, Albert B. "N.Y. Firm Buys D.C. Site for Record $64 Million." ''Washington Post.'' April 22, 1989.〕 There were four pieces of property which constituted the future site of 1099 14th Street NW.〔 The four parcels owned by Howard Flax and Ronald Cohen. Cohen was the principal owner of Ronald Cohen Investments (a real estate investment and management firm located in Bethesda, Maryland). Flax was an associate with the firm.〔"Real Estate News." ''Wall Street Journal.'' April 21, 1989.〕 Cohen and Flax had intended to develop the four sites themselves. But a rapid rise in land prices along 14th Street led them to sell the property and build elsewhere.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1099 14th Street」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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