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Bold Curves @ The Mall

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Walking up and down the Mall offers gorgeous architectural sights, such as the limestone-clad National Museum of the American Indian, designed to evoke the natural shape of rock formations ~  or the steps leading in -and around- the National Gallery of Art ~
I said it before and I’ll say it again: one may well spend an entire trip to D.C., just walking up and down the Mall.

April 25th, 2017

Walking the Mall: Washington Monument to Lincoln Memorial

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via the World War II Memorial.

Together with all the Museums (which, as most of the Museums in Washington D.C., are open to the public free of charge) situated along both sides, this is a giant monument dedicated to government, history, art and culture. One may well spend an entire trip to D.C., just walking up and down the Mall. 

And then, there is also that House.

Front-side: 

and back: 

April 23rd, 2017

Walking the Mall: Sculpture garden to Washington Monument

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From the Capitol to the National Gallery Sculpture Garden.
The McGee Roadster, the 16th vehicle to be documented as national heritage by the HVA for the National Historic Vehicle Register and U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Historic American Engineering Record.

Robert Indiana, AMOR, conceived 1998, executed 2006.

Mark di Suvero, Aurora, 1992–93.

Louise Bourgeois, Spider, 1996/1997.

Claes Oldenburg; Coosje van Bruggen, Typewriter Eraser, Scale X, 1999.

Roxy Paine, Graft, 2008–2009.

The Smithsonian Castle.

National Museum of African American History & Culture.

And, finally, the iconic obelisk in honour of George Washington.

April 23rd, 2017