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Article: Pennsylvania Avenue design advances; White House strip kept for pedestrians.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2002
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Byline: Brian DeBose, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A National Capital Planning Commission panel yesterday approved a design for creating a pedestrian thoroughfare along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House featuring green shrubs, stone benches and security checkpoints.
The NCPC's Interagency Security Task Force, whose decision must be approved by Congress and President Bush, recommended awarding the design contract to Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates of New York after having reviewed designs from four firms.
The design, which the NCPC aims to have implemented by the 2005 presidential inauguration, would keep Pennsylvania Avenue closed ...