A nonprofit in charge of improving the National Mall is launching a project to find ideas to save D.C.'s Tidal Basin from being reclaimed by nature.
The Tidal Basin is home to
D.C.'s famous cherry blossom trees and monuments to leaders like Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther King, Jr. The the Trust for the National Mall, which is partnering on the project with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, estimates as much as $500 million in repairs and upgrades are needed to save the area.
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Saving DC’s Tidal Basin focus of new project to keep landmark from being reclaimed by nature