The segment between Scott Circle and Sheridan Circle gained the nickname "Millionaires' Row".
Previously, the embassy had been housed in a mansion farther south, at Sheridan Circle and 23rd Street, N.W.
As they rounded Sheridan Circle in Embassy Row at 9:35 am EDT, an explosion erupted under the car, lifting it off the ground.
The section between Sheridan Circle and Scott Circle became known as "Millionaires' Row".
Sheridan Circle, traffic circle in Washington, D.C.
Sheridan Circle is a traffic circle in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Embassy Row.
But a second frontline of almost equal importance is Sheridan Circle, less than a mile from the White House.
Constructed in 1963, it was installed on April 21, 1964 at 1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. near Sheridan Circle.
That same year the Fellowship Foundation established a delegation ministry on Massachusetts Avenue at Sheridan Circle named "Fellowship House".
Letelier was killed by a car bomb explosion on September 21, 1976, in Sheridan Circle, along with his US assistant, Ronni Moffitt.