July 2010
NEW Coalition Comments on Eisenhower Memorial Concept
• April 8: Coalition comments on NPS Turf Plan
• March 2010 Nonprofits comment on NPS Mall Plan
Washington Post columnist Roger Lewis (1991) and cartoonist Richard Thompson (2000) satiric takes on memorials vs. the Mall open space.
• October 2009: Coalition offers sustainable alternative for Lincoln Reflecting Pool
• July 2009 comments on Vietnam Visitors Center
• Mar. 2009: Hear NPR's Morning Edition about Mall disrepair
• Read LA Times support
• Read Washington Post editorial "A Downtrodden Mall"
Free Self-Guided Tour
• America's Struggle for Freedom
• PRINTABLE version
• Download our free Mall map/historical guide
• PRINTABLE version
Dec. 6 - Read Lewis, "Don't
Neglect the Mall"
• October 2008: Coalition Comments on NCPC's Framework Plan
• October 2008: New memorials for Mall?
NPS's proposed bookstore for MLK Memorial:
• Coalition comments 8/11/08
• NPS reply 8/21/08
• Coalition response 8/28/08
• Coalition comments on EIS for African American Museum. View the Smithsonian's reply.
Watch video "Gone to Seed"
• CBS Sunday Morning June 2008
Watch the segment / Read the transcript
• WMAL's interview of Coalition's President
• CNN's July 4th story with Coalition
click on cartoon for larger image
• May 2008: Washington Post: Appalled by the Mall
• Congressional hearing on Future of the Mall
• Read the Post's coverage of the hearing
• View the new flood maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) for Washington DC and the National Mall (map sections 18C and 19C)
• Read the NCPC's January 2008 Report (3.1 MB) on Flooding and Stormwater in Washington, DC
Why the controversy over the proposed Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center?
View the proposed design and read the Coalition's statement.
December 2007: Read comments critical of the Vietnam Visitor Center design by:
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation (PDF)
• National Coalition to Save Our Mall (PDF)
• Equal Honor For All (PDF)
Read comments from the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (PDF) reminding the NPS to schedule a public meeting to consider alternative design concepts.
Read the National Park Service's Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) (PDF)which ignores all comments and advice
• National Park Service announces EIS for the National Mall
• Read public comments about the NPS Mall Plan
• Comments by Save Our Mall
• Additional Comments (PDF) by the NPCA
• Comments (PDF) by the NPCA
• Comments (PDF) by the Guild of Professional Tour Guides Coalition chair Judy Scott Feldman was interviewed on CBS Sunday Morning's segment "Too Many Memorials in D.C."
Click here to read the transcript
Who's in charge of the National Mall? (PDF, 484k)
Save Our Mall Coalition
Welcomes NPS Management Plan
NCPC approves Mall site for Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center
Read the Washington Post article
Read testimony by the Coalition, the National Trust (PDF, 164k), and Vietnam veteran Ray Saikus (PDF, 16k)
Listen to public radio interview with Coalition Chair Feldman
Read commentary in the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
On September 7, the NCPC approved the Maryland Avenue site for the Eisenhower Memorial. The Coalition testified against the proposed permanent closing of this historic avenue for this or any memorial. (PDF, 244k)
EA comments by the Coalition (PDF, 148k)
EA comments by architect Arthur Cotton Moore, FAIA (PDF, 12k)
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