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Save the Smithsonian's Enid Haupt Garden!

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Catherine Turner
10 years ago

Please don't let this happen!

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Anonymous
10 years ago

It is vital to preserve the historic aspect of the Smithsonian which is an essential DC landmark

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Roxanne Walker
10 years ago

Please preserve this important part of the historic fabric of the National Mall.

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Susan Rademacher
10 years ago

This is a beloved space that is a significant component of the Smithsonian's heritage. It should be preserved!

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Esther French
10 years ago

Please preserve this beautiful garden space. It's a true DC gem.

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Josh Chamot
10 years ago

I can't believe this is even on the table!!! Travesty...absolute travesty...please save the gardens!!!

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Vicki Pollard
10 years ago

It would be a tragedy to go forward with the proposed changes.

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David Look
10 years ago

Retain the Haupt Garden and surrounding architectural and landscape features. David W. Look, FAIA

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Helene Kahn
10 years ago

Really...a shopping mall? What could these developers be thinking? Obviously not about the future or their own children!

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Anonymous
10 years ago

More than enough of taxpayers money is spent on destroying lovely sites in our city under the pretense of "improvement ".

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Anonymous
10 years ago

omg WHAT are Smithsonian officials THINKING? DO NOT destroy the Enid Haupt Garden, for crying out loud !!!! Shame on them for even considering such a thing.

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janice lupton
10 years ago

Keep this beautiful green space as is PLEASE!!!!!!! This garden is historically accurate for the Castle building.

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Marianne Rankin
10 years ago

This gorgeous garden is a refreshing and beautiful spot in the midst of a metropolitan landscape. Surely there must be another way to implement the master plan (or modify it) so that this legacy will continue to delight visitors for years to come.

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Jessica Pannett
10 years ago

I walk through this garden twice every day during my work commute. Both tourists and locals love it - in a city with very few public formal gardens, it is truly a gem. Preserve it!

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Lewis Haber
10 years ago

These gardens are a refuge and should not be disturbed. Mrs. Haupt's legacy is honored by keeping the garden as she wished.

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william Seale
10 years ago

What poor judgment, to destroy one of Washington's great surprises. moreover these gardens provide a setting for the architecture of the castle. Who would even consider this?

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Laura Donnelly
10 years ago

Unbelievable that the Smithsonian would actually spend MONEY to perpetrate this atrocity.

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Joan Kupchynsky
10 years ago

One of the joys of visiting DC is wandering in these gardens. Please do not destroy them.

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Philip C Brooks
10 years ago

It would be absolutely tragic to lose the Haupt Garden, the entrance pavilions, and the Renwick Gates and Walls. I used to be as Smithsonian staff member, and these treasures were part of my friend Dr. Ripley's dream. They are important and should be saved and maintained well.

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Jim Mundy
10 years ago

Bigger is not better! Public spaces like this are vital to the intellectual and recreational experience of the Smithsonian, and all like museums.