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Tag Archives: Memorial
Update on Gehry Ike design
A press release summarizing the proposed U.S. House of Representatives’ appropriations bill for several departments says it zeros out funding for the Eisenhower Memorial Commission. According to Justin Shubow, president of the National Civic Art Society, Congress has eliminated federal … Continue reading
“Tear Down This Wall!”
Granted, and thankfully, “this wall” has not been built yet, but the design by Frank Gehry for a proposed memorial to Dwight Eisenhower should be scrapped. A new competition should be held. Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts recently took over as … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Development
Tagged Darrell Issa, Dwight Eisenhower, Memorial, Pat Roberts, Right By Ike, Sam Roche
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Darrell Issa wimps out
A commenter on my recent blog updating readers on Frank Gehry’s proposal for a memorial to General Eisenhower points out that I relied on an incomplete report of what California Rep. Darrell Issa said of the proposal’s latest revisions. Since … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design
Tagged Darrell Issa, Eisenhower, Frank Gehry, Memorial
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Column: Build a real memorial to Eisenhower
The horizon keeps receding for Frank Gehry’s notion of what a memorial to Dwight Eisenhower should look like. The other day his design was rejected by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) for narrowing the view corridor down Maryland Avenue … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Urbanism and planning
Tagged architecture, Eisenhower, Frank Gehry, Memorial
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