The Gardens are a beautiful space for both tourists & locals to reflect on the treasures of the Smithsonian, and the connection between the natural world & the arts. They are a critical component in the SI's public face.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Keep the gardens.
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Carolyn Carr
9 years ago
The SI has many needs in its museums. The plan to destroy the gardens is a waste of money. Someone forgot the cliché, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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milton
9 years ago
Destroying a beautiful and rare Victorian style garden and replacing it with modernist mayhem masquerading as architecture would be an insult to our Nation's Captiol and visual blight for generations. Stop it!!!
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George Zug
9 years ago
A comfortable and incredibly attractive space. We [the Smithsonian} need to retain as much open space as possible. The Mall is not the Smithsonian's.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Please protect this wonderful gift to the American people.
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Christine Hoisington
9 years ago
The garden is perfect. Why destroy it? Seems you could do the building updates without impacting the garden.
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Candace Greene
9 years ago
I'm sure that the institution needs more space but this design seems really out of character with the buildings that it adjoins. Modernism has its place, but this isn't it.
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Gary stevens
9 years ago
No other place like it on the Mall. Please keep this priceless oasis!
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Ruth Bishop
9 years ago
Thank you for protecting this garden.
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Allison
9 years ago
If it's a good thing and likely to be enjoyed for its own sake, the current administration will want to do away with it - don't allow this!
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Gayle Yiotis
9 years ago
I've never heard of anything so ridiculous in my life! Who is the moron who thought this up!
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Patricia Graboske
9 years ago
Preserve the history of the Smithsonian.
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Elizabeth Nelson
9 years ago
The Smithsonian pledged to maintain the garden in perpetuity. If they fail to do so, they show that they are unworthy of the public trust. I love the Smithsonian and would like to continue my membership but I can't be a party to an organization that would behave so shamefully.
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Ann Martin
9 years ago
Please don't destroy this green haven.
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Paula Fleming
9 years ago
I have been associated with the Smithsonian for nearly 50 years. Instead of destroying ANY of the lovely gardens, shouldn't the money be spent repairing the buildings, collection preservation and additional staff?
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Ann Carper
9 years ago
As a former SI employee, I spent many pleasant lunch breaks enjoying the garden's tranquility and beauty.
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Rosa Housman
9 years ago
The Enid Haupt Garden is a wonderful sanctuary in this always-on-the-go city. It's a place to pause, sit, relax, reflect. Or just to walk through and enjoy the flowers or smell the new-mown grass. We need it just the way it is. Please don't change it!
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Richard Housman
9 years ago
The Enid Haupt garden is a gem in the city, offering a respite from the bustle all around it. Find another way to enhance the entrances to the Sackler and African Art museums.
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Hays Browning
9 years ago
Why would you destroy a beautiful garden---an oasis of calm and civility--and destroy landmark structures to replace them with an outrageously expensive, sterile, empty space? What message does
destroying the garden give to future
donors if they can't be sure their gifts
will remain in perpetuity?
The Gardens are a beautiful space for both tourists & locals to reflect on the treasures of the Smithsonian, and the connection between the natural world & the arts. They are a critical component in the SI's public face.
Keep the gardens.
The SI has many needs in its museums. The plan to destroy the gardens is a waste of money. Someone forgot the cliché, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Destroying a beautiful and rare Victorian style garden and replacing it with modernist mayhem masquerading as architecture would be an insult to our Nation's Captiol and visual blight for generations. Stop it!!!
A comfortable and incredibly attractive space. We [the Smithsonian} need to retain as much open space as possible. The Mall is not the Smithsonian's.
Please protect this wonderful gift to the American people.
The garden is perfect. Why destroy it? Seems you could do the building updates without impacting the garden.
I'm sure that the institution needs more space but this design seems really out of character with the buildings that it adjoins. Modernism has its place, but this isn't it.
No other place like it on the Mall. Please keep this priceless oasis!
Thank you for protecting this garden.
If it's a good thing and likely to be enjoyed for its own sake, the current administration will want to do away with it - don't allow this!
I've never heard of anything so ridiculous in my life! Who is the moron who thought this up!
Preserve the history of the Smithsonian.
The Smithsonian pledged to maintain the garden in perpetuity. If they fail to do so, they show that they are unworthy of the public trust. I love the Smithsonian and would like to continue my membership but I can't be a party to an organization that would behave so shamefully.
Please don't destroy this green haven.
I have been associated with the Smithsonian for nearly 50 years. Instead of destroying ANY of the lovely gardens, shouldn't the money be spent repairing the buildings, collection preservation and additional staff?
As a former SI employee, I spent many pleasant lunch breaks enjoying the garden's tranquility and beauty.
The Enid Haupt Garden is a wonderful sanctuary in this always-on-the-go city. It's a place to pause, sit, relax, reflect. Or just to walk through and enjoy the flowers or smell the new-mown grass. We need it just the way it is. Please don't change it!
The Enid Haupt garden is a gem in the city, offering a respite from the bustle all around it. Find another way to enhance the entrances to the Sackler and African Art museums.
Why would you destroy a beautiful garden---an oasis of calm and civility--and destroy landmark structures to replace them with an outrageously expensive, sterile, empty space? What message does destroying the garden give to future donors if they can't be sure their gifts will remain in perpetuity?