Year: 2009
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NPS Meeting to Improve Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool
Dear Coalition Friends, Separate from its ongoing National Mall Plan (the subject of yesterday’s UPDATE), the National Park Service is planning rehabilitation of and improvements to the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool […]
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National Coalition to Save the Mall’s 10th Anniversary
National Coalition to Save the Mall
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Post: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial approved
Dear Coalition Friends: On Monday, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial planned for the Tidal Basin near the FDR Memorial was given final approval by the National Capital Planning Commission, […]
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Coalition letter regarding rehabilitation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
With Congress providing much-needed funding for Mall repairs, the National Park Service is developing plans for the rehabilitation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Release: Local Architecture Students in Design Competition
Dear Coalition Friends: The National Mall is in the spotlight with the 2009 Inter-School Design Competition happening this Sunday: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2009 Contact: Sean Reilly, AIA, LEED […]
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CQ Weekly: Managing the Mall for the Masses
Dear Coalition Friends: This article appeared in yesterday’s CQ Weekly (Congressional Quarterly), the Vantage Point feature section. CQ WEEKLY – VANTAGE POINT Aug. 10, 2009 – Page 1891 Managing the […]
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National Mall Showing Its Age (CBS News), WWI Memorial (Examiner)
Dear Coalition Friends: We took off the July 4th weekend for a family reunion and so missed a couple of stories in the media: CBS News broadcast yet another story this […]
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Latest comments on Vietnam Visitors Center
At its monthly meeting on June 4, 2009, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) reviewed the latest revised design concept for the proposed Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitors Center. This project […]
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Status Update: National Park Service’s “National Mall Plan”
The National Park Service (NPS) began its planning process for the Mall Plan in fall 2006. In February 2009 NPS made public its “Preliminary Preferred Alternative.”
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Free Tours on the National Mall
Dear Coalition Friends: We are offering two free National Mall tours on May 30th and 31st as part of the WalkingTown DC program with Cultural Tourism DC. No reservations are […]
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