[Scan-DC] FCC Announces Official Change in Headquarters Location

Sun Oct 18 08:23:13 EDT 2020

That's really kind of a funny place. It's near the sorting facility for
Capitol and White House mail. Just seems to be out in middle of nowhere.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 2:52 PM Ed Tobias <edtobias at comcast.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the memories. I didn’t arrive in DC until January of 1973, so
> some of that is before my time.
>
> Ed
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 17, 2020, at 10:12 PM, Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Joel,
> >
> > Right up from the car wash... it was a recruiting office for a short
> period afterwards.
> >
> > Dewey
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> On Behalf Of Joel Kahn
> > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2020 21:54
> > To: Scan DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] FCC Announces Official Change in Headquarters
> Location
> >
> > Dewey & Ed:
> > Mid to Late 60's SOD was in a one story building at 5720 Georgia Ave NW.
> (West side of Georgia.) The cars were kept in fenced yard in back, not
> visible from the street, No markings on building and the windows were
> heavily caged.  I think this was a holdover from the riots. I think they
> left shortly before I did in 1971.  Now I think it is a furniture store.
> > I worked for Huntemann's Ambulance (& Funeral Home) next door at 5732.
> > North toward Missouri from there was Posin's market next door to us and
> then the car wash and then DCFD Engine 22, Truck 11.
> > Joel R Kahn
> >
> >
> >
> >    On Friday, October 16, 2020, 07:49:09 PM EDT, edtobias at comcast.net <
> edtobias at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Well, Dewey, if you don't remember I doubt anyone else will.
> >
> > I'm almost positive that SOD was on the south side of the unit block of
> L NE during the years I was a reserve, 1974-77. Thinking further, however,
> it may have been another DC government facility in a 1 story (?) building.
> >
> > Stay well,
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> On Behalf Of Dewey
> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 7:38 PM
> > To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] FCC Announces Official Change in Headquarters
> Location
> >
> > Ed, you've really put me on the spot... now I can't remember where SOD
> was before they moved to 2301 L St, across the circle from GW Hospital.  I
> want to say that they spent some time in the 1600 block of L Street where
> USSS was (?still there?), but there was a spot before that as well.  I do
> know in the '80's - at least through 2005, ERT was near the 45 L St NE
> location, but they were actually around the corner on 2nd St NE, just up
> from Union Station.
> >
> > That entire area was renamed to NoMa (north of Mass Ave) shortly after
> the NY & FL Aves Metro Station was built and opened, and just about every
> non-home building in the area has been rebuilt from the ground up.  The
> Coliseum (Uline Arena) escaped the wrecking ball, but even it was still
> completely refreshed.
> >
> > Dewey
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> On Behalf Of Ed Tobias
> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 17:30
> > To: b_thom at rocketmail.com
> > Cc: Scan DC <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] FCC Announces Official Change in Headquarters
> Location
> >
> > It seems to me, back in the 1970s, that was MPDC’s SOD headquarters...or
> right across the street from it. Anyone here old enough to
> remember.....Dewey?
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Oct 16, 2020, at 3:53 PM, Blair Thompson via Scan-DC <
> scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Update your Rolodex.
> >>
> >> -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> >>
> >> FCC Headquarters Moved to 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
> >> https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-announces-official-change-headquarter
> >> s-location
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