U.S. Prepares to Open Doors on Billion-Dollar London Embassy

U.S. Prepares to Open Doors on Billion-Dollar London Embassy
The new United States embassy building is seen during a press preview near the River Thames in London, Britain December 13, 2017. Reuters/Stefan Rousseau/Pool
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LONDON—The U.S. Embassy in London moves next month to a new billion-dollar home overlooking the River Thames.

Britain’s closest ally will leave behind an imposing 1960 stone and concrete embassy in London’s upmarket Grosvenor Square—an area known as ‘Little America’ during World War Two, when the square also housed the military headquarters of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.