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Also Known As	heavy rail transit

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Metro Center Station in Washington, D.C.

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Key People

Norman Foster: 30 St Mary Axe

Norman Foster

British architect

Widener, Peter A.B.

Peter A.B. Widener

American businessman and philanthropist

Rufus Henry Gilbert

American surgeon and transit expert