Downtown Washington Is Changing Fast

Benjamin Forgey reviews the changes in downtown Washington D.C.

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July 23, 2002, 11:00 AM PDT

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

The buildings look terrific. They have been meticulously restored and added to in exemplary fashion. The project is at once clever and complex. There is no doubt that, in its way, it will make the new old downtown better. Yet I doubt if I'm the only person who feels a certain weird disconnect between the present and the past.

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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Tuesday, July 23, 2002 in The Washington Post

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