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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C.. It is a 2,030-by-167-foot (619 by 51 m) rectangular pool located on the National Mall , directly east of the Lincoln Memorial , with the World War II Memorial and Washington Monument to the east of the reflecting pool.
A mallard with ducklings at the Capitol Reflecting Pool. The Capitol Reflecting Pool was included in master plans for the Washington Mall area prepared by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in the 1960s and 1970s to reduce vehicular traffic on the Mall and facilitate pedestrian and recreational use.
Rainbow Pool ca. 1924. The Rainbow Pool was a reflecting pool located on the National Mall in Washington D.C., USA. It was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., [1] and was situated between the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (to the west), and 17th Street NW (to the east). The pool was renamed the Rainbow Pool on October ...
A front view of the memorial's eastern façade The Lincoln Memorial and its reflecting pool. The exterior of the Memorial echoes a classic Greek temple and features Yule marble quarried from Colorado. The structure measures 189.7 by 118.5 feet (57.8 by 36.1 m) and is 99 feet (30 m) tall.
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA @STARADVERTISER.COM Solomon Enos, right, welcomed the public to help paint a new virtual watery landscape around the state Capitol. Under the guidance of Enos, Cynthia ...
From 2010 to 2012, NPS contractors rebuilt the aging Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which had first been constructed in the early 1920s and whose water had come from the pipes that supply Washington, D.C., with its drinking water.
A reflecting pool which extends south and southeast from the star-shaped fountain. The reflecting pool rises 10 inches (25 cm) from the plaza [4] and is also made of St. John's Black granite. [4] [5] The memorial is designed so the water in both the fountain and the reflecting pool reflect the nearby Capitol building. [7]
A man was arrested in New York City on Monday and accused of jumping into a reflecting pool at the 9/11 Memorial, police said.