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National Mall maintenance
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How Trump Administration’s Reflecting Pool Repairs Became a Symbol of Washington’s Hidden Maintenance Battles
Behind the scenes, the pool’s deterioration had been decades in the making. Built in 1964 as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s redesign of the National...
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How Washington’s National Mall Fuel Cleanup Efforts Reshape Urban Sustainability
The cleanup’s urgency was underscored in 2021 when elevated benzene levels—linked to leukemia and other cancers—were detected in groundwater near the...