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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - The District - Jul 24, 2008
D.C. officials are planning to renovate the plaza in front of Union Station, the first in a planned series of major changes to the 101-year-old railroad facility.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook - Jul 19, 2008
Cities across the world, from Dubai to Paris to Chicago, are building and completing magnificent new skyscrapers. So when will Washington, D.C., join the party? How much longer must the city suffocate under the …
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msn.com » Newsweek Top News - Jul 17, 2008
Why a major facelift is in store for America's 'front yard.'
Also tagged: culture, national mall, national park service, u s commission of fine arts, cultural institutions and parks, parks and historic sites, judy feldman
washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook - Jul 12, 2008
EVER SINCE it was founded in 1791, Washington has had to reckon with the intersection of its dual roles as host to a nation and home to a city. Pierre L'Enfant's design of the federal city embraced that challenge …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - Jul 9, 2008
Imagine the drab fortress of the FBI building gone, the freeways and ramps around the Kennedy Center covered by parks and boulevards, and a Metro stop near the Jefferson Memorial.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro Business - Jul 3, 2008
Ballpark and Beyond is adapted from Jacqueline Dupree's blog on development in Near Southeast, the rapidly changing area between Capitol Hill and the Anacostia River that is home to Nationals Park.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - May 21, 2008
The Mall is a national "disgrace," an overused, neglected and decrepit urban park in need of a total makeover that could cost $500 million, according to testimony at a congressional hearing yesterday.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Courtland Milloy (washingtonpost.com) - May 14, 2008
I took a photograph of the proposed Martin Luther King Jr. memorial statue to the Tidal Basin yesterday and asked tourists and other passersby what they thought about it. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Print Edition - May 9, 2008
A powerful federal arts commission is urging that the sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. proposed for a memorial on the Tidal Basin be reworked because it is too "confrontational" and reminiscent of political art in …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - May 9, 2008
President Bush signed legislation yesterday establishing a commission to study the feasibility of a National Museum of the American Latino.
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