Month: July 2002
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A Place for the People
Today’s Washington Post “Weekend” section has a fascinating front-page article on Pierre L’Enfant’s 1791 Plan for Washington and the National Mall titled, “The Man with the Plan” by Scott Berg.
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July 4th Commentaries on Fewer Freedoms on the Mall
“The U.S. Park Police will be watching the Mall through a new network of security cameras that was set up in the last three weeks but announced only Tuesday. Yesterday, two key leaders criticized the Park Police, saying proper guidelines had not been presented for the use of the cameras.
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Important Coalition Updates: J. Carter Brown, National Park Service & Washington’s ‘ugly new look’
The National Coalition UPDATE staff (“Feldman & Feldwoman & Felmanette”) took a 12 day vacation last week and is now home rested and well fed. We wanted to catch everyone up on six important pieces of news:
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