text: Initial assessments of the Ronald Reagan Building's design were overwhelmingly positive.  Washington Post critic Benjamin Forgey highly praised the Pei Cobb Freed design when it was first made public. Forgey found the final building even more praiseworthy, finding it full of "character and extraordinary potential," "brilliant," "vital," "welcoming," "clever" and "dynamic." Forgey particularly praised the bold stroke of the building's diagonal structure (which extends from the rotunda at the north end of Woodrow Wilson Plaza to the juncture of 13th Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue NW) and the conical atrium on the building's east side. Federal employees working in the building gave it "rave reviews" and at its dedication was one of the most sought-after places to work in the city. But six months later, another Washington Post reporter declared the Ronald Reagan building "much too large," "confusing" to get around in, "awkwardly configured," and with "dismal views". The facade, the critic felt, was "relentlessly austere" and represented "a lost opportunity to lighten the Federal Triangle's imperial, ponderous architectural spirit."
  Current buildings
  As of 2009, Federal Triangle included two existing buildings and eight buildings built specifically for the development. The structures include:
  Apex Building, which houses the Federal Trade Commission
  William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building, originally the Post Office Department Building but renamed in 1982 for Ariel Rios and renamed again for Bill Clinton in 2013, which houses the Environmental Protection Agency
  Department of Labor/Interstate Commerce Commission building, which now houses the Environmental Protection Agency
  Herbert C. Hoover Building, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the White House Visitor Center, and formerly the National Aquarium
  Internal Revenue Service Building, the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service
  John A. Wilson Building, houses the offices and chambers of the District Council and the Mayor of Washington, D.C.
  National Archives Building
  Old Post Office, houses the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC hotel
  Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Justice
  Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, which houses both private-sector and government offices, including headquarters for the U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  These buildings are contributing structures to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.