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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Closed Doors and Eyesores: Welcoming Tourists to D.C.

WASHINGTON - The weather is warm and the cherry blossoms will soon be in full bloom, but spring tourists to the nation's capital may be disappointed by closed doors and eyesores on the National Mall, which is being ripped up for renovation.

The Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial -- the site of many historical moments, such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream Speech," -- is undergoing a major makeover. Water from the old, leaky pool has been drained and it remains a construction site.

The $30 million project, slated to be finished by the summer, is designed to address a wide range of issues related to the pool, including poor water circulation, which often caused it to appear murky.

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