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Having worked atop Federal Center for two months, I stand by allocating some funds from the Recovery Act to wholly destroy, redesign, and rebuild everything from Independence to H and 14th to 2nd SW (except the Mandarin Oriental; I like their tea service). But this plan of Gehry’s isn’t a bad start. Architect Frank Gehry’s concept for Eisenhower memorial sets aside popular curvilinear style: Gehry has proposed an innovative though blunt solution to a question that haunts Washington: What can be done with the much maligned government architecture south of the Mall? His Gordian knot answer to the problem: Shroud it.

Having worked atop Federal Center for two months, I stand by allocating some funds from the Recovery Act to wholly destroy, redesign, and rebuild everything from Independence to H and 14th to 2nd SW (except the Mandarin Oriental; I like their tea service). But this plan of Gehry’s isn’t a bad start.

Architect Frank Gehry’s concept for Eisenhower memorial sets aside popular curvilinear style:

Gehry has proposed an innovative though blunt solution to a question that haunts Washington: What can be done with the much maligned government architecture south of the Mall? His Gordian knot answer to the problem: Shroud it.