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Huge modern building
The U.S. Embassy in London's Grosvenor Square, an elegant square situated south of Oxford Street. It's been in the same place for years, so long that they use the term Grosvenor Square to refer to the whole of the embassy, just like you would say "today London decided to..." to talk about the English government. The former embassy was used until the 60's, when it was purchased by the Canadian government. The Canadian government is still there, in the building they've named the Macdonald House. The new US embassy is on the west side of the square. It is a huge building designed by the architect Saarinen, completed in 1960.
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