# The Shops at National Place

Washington, DC · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-b1169fce65` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/dc/washington-the-shops-at-national-place/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-b1169fce65.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-b1169fce65.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-b1169fce65

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | street-level retail and dining, with office space on the upper levels | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1984 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “opening in 1984 and 1985 as a festival marketplace.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Place_Building
- **after_notes**: “National Place is a large, 16-story building consisting of street-level retail and dining, with office space on the upper levels.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Place_Building
- **status**: “National Place is a large, 16-story building consisting of street-level retail and dining, with office space on the upper levels.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Place_Building

## Timeline

- 1984: Opened as festival marketplace

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

National Place is a large, 16-story building consisting of street-level retail and dining, with office space on the upper levels. It is adjacent to the National Press Building, and originally housed The Shops at National Place and The Shops at the National Press Building, a three-level, enclosed shopping mall in downtown Washington, D.C., opening in 1984 and 1985 as a festival marketplace. It is located on the block bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, F Street, between 13th and 14th Streets NW, the former site of the Munsey Trust Building. It was located near the Metro Center station of the Washington Metro system.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Place_Building

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Place_Building

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "The Shops at National Place, Washington, DC." Record m-b1169fce65, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/dc/washington-the-shops-at-national-place/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_washingtontheshopsatnationalplace,
  title = {The Shops at National Place, Washington, DC},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/dc/washington-the-shops-at-national-place/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-b1169fce65, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.