Monumental Mistakes: The Untidy Mall

Food service structures destroy the character of the Mall.

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August 22, 2001, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Enough, enough! This refreshments thing is a disgrace. We ought to get rid of it, sweep it under the rug, pretend it never happened. Then, keeping in mind that Victorian taste no longer sets the standard, we might ask an architect with skill, spirit and vision to design a suitable replacement.For architecture on the Mall, utility alone is insufficient. End of story."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: On the Mall, a Whole Mess of Ugly

Friday, August 17, 2001 in The Washington Post

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