Daring Design To Transform America's Avenue

A daring design by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh could transform the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House.

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March 3, 2003, 5:00 AM PST

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

"For nearly seven years, as Washington area folks know only too well, the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House has been the sorriest-looking major street in the world -- a barricaded parking lot for police vehicles."

Thanks to Joel Dabu

FULL STORY: America's Avenue

Saturday, March 1, 2003 in The Washington Post

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