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[[underlined]] Construction, Restoration, Renovation [[/underlined]]

Construction of the Quadrangle is the highest priority of the Institution's five-year construction program. Also highlighted in the Prospectus is the Institution's desire to acquire and restore the General Post Office Building for public use as a center for the exhibit and study of American art. A summary of major construction and restoration and renovation needs for the FY 1985-1989 period follows:

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($000) | [[underlined]] FY 1985 | FY 1986 | FY 1987 | FY 1988 | FY 1989 [[/underlined]]

Construction
General Post Office Bldg. | $3,500 | $31,500
Freer Modifications | --- | 8,000
Science Facilities Development | --- | 11,900 | $25,050 | $14,000 | $3,500
Administrative & Space Support Space | --- | ---| 9,000 | 19,200 | 10,800
Suitland Development | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1,000
Restoration and Renovation | 16,755 | 20,990 | 23,100 | 26,715 | 26,005
National Zoo & Conservation Center | [[underlined]] 4,250 | 9,545 | 6,400 | 14,270 | 3,450 [[/underlined]]
Total | $24,505 | $81,935 | $63,550 | $74,185 | $44,755 [[/table]]

Major construction during FY 1984-1989 includes the Zoological Park's aquatic habitats exhibit and continued development of the Front Royal Conservation Center. The construction plan for FY 1985-1989 also envisions submitting in the next session of Congress, a Science Facilities planning and construction authorization bill to include base camp construction at Amado for the Whipple Observatory, a major laboratory building at the Tivoli site and improvements at other Tropical Research Institute facilities in Panama, establishment of new research facilities near Edgewater, Maryland for the Environmental Research 

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