Newsletter Updates
An archive of National Mall Coalition email newsletters
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Smithsonian Picks Notable Spot for Its Museum of Black History
Dear Coalition Friends: Yesterday, the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents chose a site on the Mall near the Washington Monument for its new National Museum of African-American History and Culture. […]
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Ballparks, Eminent Domain, and the Need for a District Planning Commission
An invitation to a free public forum (registration is required): Ballparks, Eminent Domain, and the Need for a District Planning Commission January 12th, 6:30-8 p.m. National Building Museum Fourth and […]
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Post letter: Looking Out for the Mall
Dear Coalition Friends, Yesterday’s Washington Post contains an editorial correction and a letter from the Chairmen of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission regarding the […]
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Letter to the Washington Times, “A growing, lively Mall”
As the dialogue begins about the Mall’s future, we will make every attempt to clarify our ideas for 1. Enhancing the existing Mall with visitor amenities, activities, and transportation, and 2. Expanding the Mall with new public open space, museum and memorial sites, and recreational and cultural activities, especially along the Potomac waterfront.
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Post letters: An Excess of Inaccessibility
Dear Coalition Friends: This story has legs. Today’s Washington Post has a cartoon by Tom Toles and two letters to the editor on the security/fear/public lack of access issue at […]
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Public Forum: The Next 100 Years An Initiative for a Mall Conservancy
We are pleased to invite you, and all others who wish to play a part in the planning future for the National Mall, to our open public forum on January 28th. We hope to see you there.
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National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) Rejects Park Service Plan
Yesterday’s Washington Post (Friday, December 5th) reports that the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) rejected Park Service plans for security bollards (concrete posts) and the design for 2 new visitor facilities at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Coalition Chair Judy Feldman Featured in Washington Post Article “Preservation Law Puts Leash on Mall Projects”
Today’s Washington Post — District of Columbia Thursday special section — contains a front page story about recent changes to the Commemorative Works Act and a picture of Chair Judy Feldman standing in front of the “Closed” sign at the Washington Monument. Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY) is truly a champion of the Mall.
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Post: Veterans Day and the World War II Memorial
This article about the World War II Memorial ran in yesterday’s (November 12th) Washington Post. The online story includes a photograph of the partially completed Memorial:
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Post: Moore Writes ‘Bridging the Difference On Memorials And the Mall’
In an essay published in yesterday’s (Sunday, November 9th) Washington Post on the “Close to Home” page, local architect Arthur Cotton Moore offered a novel approach to future memorializing on the Mall (see below).
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