The J. Edgar Hoover Building has been home to the FBI for nearly 50 years. Photo: Ting Shen for The Wall Street JournalThe Federal Bureau of Investigation will move from its crumbling home in downtown Washington to the Maryland suburbs, opening a new chapter in the tortured saga of the future of the bureau’s headquarters. The agency’s new main offices are set to be built in Greenbelt, Md., about 15 miles from the hulking, brutalist J. Edgar Hoover Building that has been its iconic home for nearly 50 years.

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Persons: Edgar Hoover, Ting Shen, brutalist J Organizations: FBI, Wall Street, Federal Bureau, Investigation Locations: Washington, Maryland, Greenbelt, Md