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Trees!! Where are the lobbyists?
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Photo: View of DC from the Washington Mon. 100 years ago (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Sep 2012
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Proud Public Servant
(2,097 posts)1. Very cool! [nt]
liberal N proud
(60,339 posts)2. Oh how it has changed
You wouldn't hardly recognize it if it were not for some important landmarks.
Here is a more recent picture.
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)4. Lots of the changes happened during FDR...
Look at the cornerstones of the buildings in the Federal Triangle. I can't imagine what a mess the area must have been during those years!
rgbecker
(4,834 posts)3. Here's a picture from Jan of 2009.
Looking forward to 2013 repeat.
madokie
(51,076 posts)5. Thats the best one of the bunch
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. Here's one with the AIDS Quilt there in '96
A quilt created in memory of AIDS victims stretches from the Washington Monument to the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 11, 1996. File photo by Ron Edmonds, AP
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-06-19/aids-quilt-names-project/55746754/1
StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)7. The only lobbyist for the trees was the Lorax.
And last I heard, he flew off outta here.