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"A centerpiece of the plan is a proposal to ultimately redevelop the Department of Energy's Forrestal complex, a mid-century concrete structure that spans 10th Street and cuts off views from the Smithsonian Castle. While historic preservation officials have been landmarking many federal buildings of this type, in this case they prefer to restore the view than keep the building."

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Let me make sure I have this straight.

"Historic preservasion officials" (whoever they are) intend to spend millions to raze a perfectly functional building and relocate several thousand workers to "restore" a view that MOST people alive today have never seen and have no memory of.

I realize that "views" are sacrosanct in DC - the perpetual arguments over building height and scale are cases in point. But to tear down a building to CREATE a long-forgotten view is beyond ridiculous.

by ceefer66 on Jul 16, 2012 2:35 pm • link • report

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