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- Description of Pictures: Reflecting Pool to close for repairs
Pool will close for two years to receive filtration system
The GW Hatchet, October 21, 2010
by Bilikisu Adeyemi
Hatchet Reporter
D.C. residents should take a last look at the reflecting pool this month, as the site is set to close in November for about two years.
The pool will undergo a $31.6 million upgrade that entails installing a filtration system.
"[The] Reflecting Pool Project is one of the larger projects nationwide" that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has approved, said Bill Line, a spokesman for the National Park Service. The ARRA is better known as the stimulus package.
Line said the project may take two years to complete as contractors must study the conditions of the 80-year-old stones surrounding the Reflecting Pool.
The pool will receive a filtration system, which will help keep the water clean. Currently, the pool does not have an adequate filtration system, and buildup of animal waste in the stagnant water often creates an unpleasant smell on the National Mall, especially in the summer month.
"Its features will be similar to that of a regular pool in that the water will circulate just like a regular pool, but it is not a swimming pool and is not to be swum in," Line said.
The pathway around the pool where visitors walk - called the social trail - will be wider when the project is completed and will be made of flat stone, similar to the stones at the Jefferson Memorial.
In order to complete this part of the renovation, the site will be temporarily shut down from tourists. Line said this is for the safety of the public, because there will be heavy machinery in use and therefore it won't be safe around the construction site.
Gregory Welsh of Cumming, Ga., said he visited the Reflecting Pool during the Vietnam War for a rally and also in 1984 for a Beach Boys concert.
Though visitors aren't allowed to enter the pool, Welsh remembered some people dipping their feet in during the concert. He said the upcoming renovations would make the pool look pretty and healthier.
The above was from http://www.gwhatchet.com/2010/10/21/reflecting-pool-to-close-for-repairs/
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National Mall and Memorial Parks is restoring the Mall lawn and making other improvements between 3rd Street and 7th Street. The work includes the installation of engineered soil medium to resist soil compaction, durable turf varieties and granite edging. New sustainable systems to improve soil drainage and collect stormwater for irrigation will reduce the use of potable water and help improve regional water quality. This contract work is to be completed by December 2012.
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- Wikipedia Description: National Mall
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It is the site of gardens and other greenery along with many Smithsonian museums, national monuments and memorials. The National Mall refers specifically to the land stretching from the grounds of the Washington Monument to the United States Capitol directly to the east. However, the term commonly includes the areas that are officially part of West Potomac Park and Constitution Gardens to the west, and often is taken to refer to the entire area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol, with the Washington Monument providing a division slightly west of the center.
Dimensions:
From the Capitol steps to the Lincoln Memorial, the Mall runs 1.9 miles (3.0 km).
From the steps to the Washington Monument, the Mall spans 1.1 miles (1.8 km).
From Grant Statue to Lincoln Memorial, the Mall covers 309.2 acres (125.1 ha).
Landmarks:
1. Washington Monument
2. National Museum of American History
3. National Museum of Natural History
4. National Gallery of Art sculpture garden
5. West Building of the National Gallery of Art
6. East Building of the National Gallery of Art
7. United States Capitol
8. Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
9. United States Botanic Garden
10. National Museum of the American Indian
11. National Air and Space Museum
12. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
13. Arts and Industries Building
14. Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle")
15. Freer Gallery of Art
16. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
17. National Museum of African Art
18. The National Sylvan Theater
19. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, scheduled for completion in 2008, will be located on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) site that borders the Tidal Basin and within the sightline of the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials.
As popularly understood, the National Mall also includes the following west of the Washington Monument:
1. The Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool,
2. The National World War II Memorial,
3. The Korean War Veterans Memorial, and
4. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
History:
The idea for the National Mall was originally conceived by Pierre Charles L'Enfant in his plans for the city of Washington, D.C., created in 1791. However, his ideas were not realized until the beginning of the 20th century, with the McMillan Commission plan, which was also inspired by the City Beautiful Movement. Among other things, the McMillan plan called for moving the main railroad station from a site on the National Mall to its present location at Union Station.
The United States Congress passed the Reserve Act of 2003 to forbid further construction in the core of the National Mall.
Protests and rallies:
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the MallThe Mall's status as a wide, open expanse at the heart of the capital makes it an attractive site for protests and rallies of all types. One notable example is the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a massive rally for African-American civil rights, at which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The largest officially recorded rally was the Vietnam War Moratorium Rally on October 15, 1969. Although larger rallies may have occurred since that time, the United States Park Police no longer release official estimates of crowd sizes on the Mall. One later rally that is claimed to have been the largest rally on the Mall was the 2004 March for Women's Lives. On January 27, 2007, tens of thousands opposed to the Iraq War protesters converged here, drawing comparisons by participants to the Vietnam War protest.
Annually on July 4th, the Capitol Fourth celebration takes place at the U.S. Capitol end of the mall, with a fireworks display.
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