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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1359611, member: 19065&quot;]<b>Treasury Building Restoration: Parts 1 &amp; 2</b></p><p><br /></p><p>In keeping with the theme of this thread, here are two more links to CSPANvideo. Tour restored public spaces of the Treasury building at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC. You can catch glimpses of massive framed currency displays in the suites and conferences rooms, full of BEP vignettes, notes showing the range of accomplishments and skills of the B.E.P. There are also many historical images interspersed showing building and building operations of the Treasury Building in past eras<b>:</b></p><p><b></b><b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Treasury Building Restoration: <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TreasuryBu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TreasuryBu" rel="nofollow">Part One</a><span style="color: #000080"></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #000080"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #000080"></span></b><span style="color: #000080">&quot;Richard Cote, curator of the Department of the Treasury, talked about&nbsp; the history of the building and a long-term restoration project. He gave&nbsp; a behind-the-scenes tour of restored spaces including the Cash Room,&nbsp; the Salmon Chase Suite, and the President Andrew Johnson Suite, which he&nbsp; used following President Lincoln&#039;s assassination. <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TreasuryBu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TreasuryBu" rel="nofollow"><u><i>This is the first&nbsp; half of a two-part program</i></u></a><i>.&quot;</i> </span>[Run time: 30:49]</p><p><b><span style="color: #000080"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #000080"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #000080"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #000080"></span></b><b>Treasury Building Restoration: <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TreasuryBui" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TreasuryBui" rel="nofollow">Part Two</a></b></p><p><b></b><b><span style="color: #000080"></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #000080"></span><span style="color: #000080">&quot;</span></b><span style="color: #000080"><b>Richard Cote, curator of the Department of the Treasury,</b> talked about&nbsp; the history of the United States Treasury Building in Washington, D.C.,&nbsp; which was constructed between 1836 and 1869 and is located beside the&nbsp; White House at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue. A long-term restoration project&nbsp; was begun in 1986. He gave a behind-the-scenes tour of some restored&nbsp; spaces including a suite of rooms that has served as the office of&nbsp; Treasury secretaries since 1910, portraits of Treasury secretaries, the&nbsp; ornate West Dome, and the gold gilding that had once been painted over&nbsp; and forgotten. <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TreasuryBui" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TreasuryBui" rel="nofollow"><i><u>This is the second half of a two-part program</u></i></a>.</span><b>&quot; </b>[Run time: 29:42]</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>From</i> C-SPANVIDE<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />rg [2/11/2011][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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