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The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues.
A report released in March 2011 calls for developing better routes to replace those that had served the National Mall and Southwest Waterfront, and adding new service to the U Street Corridor, portions of Upper Northwest, and neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. [1] In 2018, RATP Dev replaced First Transit as the operator of the ...
National Mall and Memorial Parks (formerly known as National Capital Parks-Central) is an administrative unit of the National Park Service (NPS) encompassing many national memorials and other areas in Washington, D.C. Federally owned and administered parks in the capital area date back to 1790, some of the oldest in the United States.
The National Mall — part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks Unit, of the NPS National Capital Parks, in Washington, D.C. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The External links section of the article formerly contained a link to a National Park Service (NPS) web page that contained two different types of maps of the National Mall. [1] I have replaced that link with a link to a web page that contains the NPS map that is most relevant to the article. [ 2 ]
Constitution Gardens is a park area in Washington, D.C., United States, located within the boundaries of the National Mall. [1] The 50-acre (200,000 m 2 ) park is bounded on the west by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial , on the east by 17th St NW, on the north by Constitution Avenue , and on the south by the Reflecting Pool .
The National Mall was the centerpiece of the McMillan Plan.. The McMillan Plan (formally titled The Report of the Senate Park Commission.The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia) is a comprehensive planning document for the development of the monumental core and the park system of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.