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Washington
DC National Mall
Location: Constitution and Pennsylvania Ave., NW on the
north, First St. on the east, Independence and Maryland Ave. on the south, and 14th
St. on the west, Washington, DC
Washington DC National Mall's origins are as old as the
capital city itself. The open space and parklands envisioned by Pierre L'Enfant's
plan, which was commissioned by George Washington, created an ideal stage for national
expressions of remembrance, observance and protest. The National Mall resources
include the 2,000 American elms which line the Mall and the 3,000 internationally
renowned Japanese cherry trees which grace the Tidal Basin.
Gardens that are botanical showplaces display thousands of tulips, pansies and annuals in over 170 flower beds, and 35 ornamental pools
and fountains range from the simple to the sublime. This impressive mingling of
natural and cultural resources has made our Nation's Capital one of the most heavily
visited and photographed places in the world.
The Mall is significant as the central axis of the District's
monumental core as designed by L'Enfant in 1791. There are several museums on the
Mall, two entrances for underground museums, and the Department of Agriculture.
The construction of the Museum of the American Indian, which is located to the west
of the National and Air and Space Museum, has been completed and this latest museum
opened.
The Joseph Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden was designed
in 1974 by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The Smithsonian or "Castle" Building
is the earliest building on the Mall and was designed by James Renwick and built
in 1847-55 with alterations by Adolph Cluss after a fire in 1865. The Quadrangle
Museums Project was designed in 1987 by Shapely, Bullfinch, Richardson and Abbot.
It houses the Sackler Gallery of Asian Art, and the National Museum of African Art,
and another smaller kiosk-like building which provides the entrance for the S. Dillon
Ripley Center.
The Freer Gallery of Art was designed in 1923 by Charles
A. Platt. The National Museum of American History was designed in 1964 by Steinman,
Cain and White. The National Museum of Natural History was designed in 1911 by Hornblower
and Marshall. The National Gallery of Art (West Building) was designed by John Russell
Pope in 1941. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum designed in 1993 by Pei Cobb Freed
and Partners is the American government's memorial to the Holocaust.
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