Newsletter Updates
An archive of National Mall Coalition email newsletters
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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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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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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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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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NCPC Mall Projects: Potomac Park Levee, Mall signs & Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center
Tomorrow, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) will be reviewing three Mall projects at its monthly public meeting: Potomac Park Levee Improvements, Pedestrian Wayfinding and Sign Program & Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center.
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Funding Repairs for the National Mall Approved
Dear Coalition Friends: Great news! Yesterday, Earth Day, Secretary of Interior Salazar announced funding for repairs to the National Mall — the Reflecting Pool, World War I Memorial, and seawall […]
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National Mall and Easter
Dear Coalition Friends: Yesterday and today, the National Mall was the place history was remembered and traditions celebrated. See the stories below about yesterday’s Easter Morning concert on the steps […]
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