A Mall Overhaul
After eight years spent sounding the alarms about the Mall's condition, Feldman says she's pleased with the new developments but says she hopes more can be done; an independent commission is in order, she argues, to help balance different agencies' needs. "We need bigger questions to be answered than the individual agencies' priorities, with certain groups focused on monuments and others on the city," she says. "What is the overall narrative we want to tell in the nation's capital?"
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Posted By: speck8 @ 07/18/2008 2:50:40 PM
Comment: Who cares who is at fault, the point is to fix the problem. Are we going to waste more time on "what had happened was" or move toward a solution to the problem.
When my son and I went to Disneyland and he saw Cinderella's castle he was devastated that it was in such disrepair. We just determined that Mickey and Minnie were slum lords. Luckily, Mick and Minn have found a couple of gallons of paint.
Sometimes we overuse stuff and it just gets old. OK, now that we know that, LET'S JUST FIX IT!
Posted By: NorthBridgePatriot @ 07/18/2008 1:57:06 PM
Comment: Ah, you're so right. Everything is Bush's fault. Never mind that the Dem-controlled Congress has been in power for a while now - it's certainly not their fault. Nope, they share none of the blame. Nor does Clinton, who, as memory serves, was in the White House for 8 years.
Nice screen name, by the way.
Posted By: charlesthomascampbell @ 07/18/2008 1:54:23 PM
Comment: As someone who lives five blocks from the mall, I can tell you I used to use it all the time for picnics and long walks with my dog however, the place is so disgusting my only visits now are for company softball, the rest of Washington has experieneced renewal while the mall is in decline, absolutely a disgrace!