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So one of my main scenes involves a character breaking into the FBI building and getting a file from "the vault." I'd like to make it as realistic as possible. Only problem is I'm on the West coast, so I can't really visit the place to get hands on details. Besides, they apparently don't do tours of the place anymore either.
I'm trying to piece together info about the place from websites, google images, and google Earth, but I can get only so far with this.
If anyone has ever been inside the building - perhaps been on the tour before it was canceled or worked inside, and can share some basic - hopefully non classified (it's FBI after all, not CIA) - info in PMs, I'd be overjoyed. For now, I have some general questions that maybe others can answer.
1) So I have 2 questions about the building structure. First, from pictures I see, the entire second floor looks like it's just a series of struts to hold the rest of the building up. Is this the case or are there actually offices inlaid into the building?
2nd, what is that huge like 6/7th floor structure towering off the North end of the building? It looks like the bridge of a ship - Is that where all the directors and top people hang out?
2) How do you even get in? Like the two corners that are on Pennsylvania ave don't seem to have doors.
3) Is there an actual moat around the building? Some of the pictures I've seen, seem to have like this 6ft wide channel around the building. This detail is actually kind of important to my character.
4) Are tourists allowed anywhere inside? Is there like a balcony type thing on the first floor where people can hang out? I ask because I read somewhere that the building was supposed to be welcoming to tourists since it was on Penn ave, but I'm not really sure what that meant.
I've got tons more questions, but mostly about interior layout - things like what each of the different levels is for, and so on. If anyone can answer the questions posted or can help with any others I may have, I'd be most appreciative.
I'm trying to piece together info about the place from websites, google images, and google Earth, but I can get only so far with this.
If anyone has ever been inside the building - perhaps been on the tour before it was canceled or worked inside, and can share some basic - hopefully non classified (it's FBI after all, not CIA) - info in PMs, I'd be overjoyed. For now, I have some general questions that maybe others can answer.
1) So I have 2 questions about the building structure. First, from pictures I see, the entire second floor looks like it's just a series of struts to hold the rest of the building up. Is this the case or are there actually offices inlaid into the building?
2nd, what is that huge like 6/7th floor structure towering off the North end of the building? It looks like the bridge of a ship - Is that where all the directors and top people hang out?
2) How do you even get in? Like the two corners that are on Pennsylvania ave don't seem to have doors.
3) Is there an actual moat around the building? Some of the pictures I've seen, seem to have like this 6ft wide channel around the building. This detail is actually kind of important to my character.
4) Are tourists allowed anywhere inside? Is there like a balcony type thing on the first floor where people can hang out? I ask because I read somewhere that the building was supposed to be welcoming to tourists since it was on Penn ave, but I'm not really sure what that meant.
I've got tons more questions, but mostly about interior layout - things like what each of the different levels is for, and so on. If anyone can answer the questions posted or can help with any others I may have, I'd be most appreciative.