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| In Memoriam The National Coalition to Save Our Mall dedicates our latest public service project, a digitized version of the rare, out-of-print McMillan Commission Report of 1902, to our friend and advisor Charles Atherton (1932-2005). Read the dedication and the report |
 | It’s your National Mall—your place for experiencing democracy. Visitors coming to Washington are finding the Mall closed off in the name of security. (View more)
Tell Congress that the National Mall is America’s symbol of democracy and freedom. It should remain open.
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| "One doesn't have to spend too much time on the national mall—the 'place of resort' for public walks that Pierre L'Enfant, the capital's designer, dreamed of—before one begins to detect a certain lack of hospitality. One begins to feel like a nuisance, in fact. Worse, one begins to feel that one is supposed to feel like a nuisance. And one—I hate to say it, I really do—would be right." |  | |  | Weekly Standard, August 15/22, 2005: The Mess on the Mall: Confusion reigns supreme on America's promenade.
| | "Feldman argues that increasing the Mall's size would boost its historical and cultural meaning as well and keep it from becoming a static, increasingly security-conscious museum piece, like, say, Colonial Williamsburg." | | Washington Post, August 7, 2005: Taking an Expansive View of the Mall
View the original Post article with map (PDF, 1.6MB) | | NEW FREE MALL MAP/HISTORICAL GUIDE | | Our free National Mall map and historical guide, "The National Mall. Stage for Democracy," is out. Read how to get a copy
| | Senate Mall Oversight Hearing April 12th, 2005 | | Read our testimony
| | Read all four testimonies at the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks website
| | Read our letter to Chairman Thomas
| | Read the official notice and what you can do
| | "The Mall could grow... The National Mall Third Century Initiative, a program of the National Coalition to Save Our Mall, a nonprofit advocacy group, says the Mall could grow again for the 21st century -- this time by reengineering not the riverbank but our concept of the Mall." | | Read the Op-Ed in The Washington Post, March 21, 2005 by Fred Hiatt, editor of The Post's editorial page.
| | "The beauty of these great monuments and what they mean to us as symbols of our open society requires us to put public access number one. Otherwise, the monuments will die." | | Read The Washington Post's lead editorial for January 4, 2005, "A Pall Over the Mall," quoting the Coalition’s Chair, Judy Scott Feldman.
| | "one of the great public spaces in the world...is fast collapsing into a symbol of fear, restriction and bureaucratic control." | | Washington Mall Becomes Mickey-less Disneyland
by Andrew Ferguson of Bloomberg.com |
In a commentary published recently in The Washington Post, Coalition President Judy Scott Feldman argues that it is time to form a conservancy to protect the National Mall from further desecration. Read the commentary and, if you agree, make a donation to support our efforts. Time is short and the need is great. Please act now. Monumental Endeavor, Uphill Climb The Hill, an influential Capitol Hill newspaper, examines Coalition's struggle to preserve the historic vision of the National Mall. (Read the story) The State of the Mall Report The National Coalition to Save Our Mall released its first annual status report on the National Mall Oct. 14, 2002 in Washington, D.C., outlining the previous year's victories and losses and summarizing future developments likely to affect our nation's Monument to Democracy. Click here for more information.
The National Coalition to Save Our Mall is a national, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt education and research organization working to preserve the National Mall as the Monument to Democracy it is intended to be. If this is your first visit to our site, we suggest you begin with the History of the National Mall. Our mission is to defend our national gathering place and symbol of Constitutional principles against threats posed by recent and ongoing proposals - for new memorials, security barriers, service buildings and roads - that would encroach on the Mall's historical and cultural integrity, its open spaces and sweeping vistas, and its significance in American public life. We welcome your participation. Please contact us for more information. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter. |
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WHAT'S NEW
| December 2009
NEW National Park Service releases Mall Plan
• Critic Critiques Mall Plan
• Read the review of Kirk Savage's Monument Wars
Cartoonist Richard Thompson's 2000 satiric take on memorials vs. the Mall open space
• October 2009: Coalition offers sustainable alternative for Lincoln Reflecting Pool
• July 2009 comments on Vietnam Visitors Center
• Nonprofits comment on Park Service "National Mall Plan"
• Park Service responds to nonprofits' May and Dec 2008
joint letters
• 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"
Coalition Comments on NCPC's Framework Plan
• Oct 20, 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
• Washington Post: Appalled by the Mall
• Future of the Mall Congressional hearing
• 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.
Read comments critical of the proposed 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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| Great Moments on the Mall
The National Mall is the people's space, where citizens assemble to petition, protest and celebrate. We've collected some of the more obvious. We'd like to hear about yours. | | Pepsi Moments on the Mall
The NFL take-over of the National Mall has set the precedent for blatant commercialization of our nation's icons. | | | |
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