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Good news for those who spend time on the Mall. Excerpted from a Smithsonian staff email: "The Hirshhorn is pleased to announce opening of a Dolcezza Gelato & Coffee pop-up coffee shop, its first food and beverage service.... Dolcezza’s Hirshhorn pop-up is located on the Museum’s plaza and will serve daily-made gelato, rich pastries, and expertly crafted coffee drinks, pour-over coffee, cider and hot chocolate. Visitors to the space can also enjoy a new commissioned mural by DC-based artist Kelly Towles, inspired by the works of Yayoi Kusama. Currently open 9 AM to 5 PM, the coffee shop will launch extended hours on Monday, April 3, opening at 8 AM every day and staying open on Wednesdays until 6 PM." whoo-hoo!!!!!!!!- 2 replies
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I desperately need to find a new dinner spot. Quiet, casual, for an early dinner near the Mall...how can I get access to the guide again? -
Do you suppose we can get them to tear out the WWII Memorial? Anyway, at least it doesn't look like this anymore: This photograph is from 1942. The buildings along the north side (to the right) of the reflecting pool were built during the First World War, although the top story on each of those long wings was added during the Second. They were known as the Munitions Building (nearer the river) and Main Navy. The buildings in the foreground and to the left (where the "landscape portrait" is currently installed) were built during the Second World War. Note the little bridges over the pool connecting the two rows of buildings. When my family moved to the Washington area in 1963, I believe the WWII buildings on the south had already been removed, but the ones in the foreground, at least some of them, were still standing. They were torn down later in the decade, I don't know when, exactly. The massive WWI temporaries facing Constitution Avenue were still in use until just before they were demolished in 1970.- 10 replies
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Out of Many, One, a "landscape portrait" by Cuban American artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada debuts this weekend on the National Mall adjacent to the Reflecting Pool. Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, Out of Many, One is 6-acre composite portrait comprised of 30 different males faces aged 18-25 made of dirt, sand, and gravel. According to the NPG, "The portrait is an interactive walk-through experience for visitors and is also viewable from the newly reopened Washington Monument and space." "'Out Of Many, One,' Commissioned By The National Portrait Gallery, Is A Fresh Face On The Mall" by Sadie Dingfelder on washingtonpost.com Photo Gallery on berksmontnews.com- 5 replies
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