Tag: National Mall

I remember this so vividly. I walked the length of the Mall, stood on the west front steps of the Capitol (which you can...

Okay, it's been a really long time since we posted anything. Life gets busy when you have Ghost Toddler and a new Ghost Baby....

What do you think? Is Washington the most beautiful city in the world? I have to believe that I'm biased, but I do think...

Check out the drawing of a proposed National Mall, as viewed from the Capitol Building. This was in the early 1900s. Source: Library of Congress

What a beautiful view of the Mall from the Smithsonian. This was taken in the early 20th century. Source: Library of Congress

Check this out. It's a proposed design for a second mall, east of the Capitol Building. Obviously, this was never built, but imagine how...

Here's a cool aerial shot of the National Mall from the Capitol and Library of Congress to the Potomac. Source: Cornell University Library

What a great photo from 1936. This shows the National Mall as viewed from the Capitol. Source: Cornell University Library

Here's a really cool, not often seen, view of the National Mall. This was taken by the IKONOS satellite on March 30th, 2001. Source: Archive.org

So this obviously never happened, but it's a fascinating proposal for the National Mall, done in 1816. Can you imagine a university sitting where...

This is a shot of some ladies playing baseball on the Mall. Yes, baseball ... not softball. The photo is dated October 10th, 1919. Source:...

Here's a cool shot of the National Mall, as viewed from the Washington Monument in 1936. Source: Cornell University

This is a long-overdue, and greatly anticipated, guest post by Aaron, who wrote one of our most popular pieces yet on the (almost) red...

The description on this image from Flickr says it's a proposed plan for public buildings on the Mall near the Capitol. Source: Flickr user medicalmuseum

Look how different things were well over a hundred years ago. We dug this photo up on Flickr thanks to the DC Public Library. Source:...

These are the "temporary" buildings on the Mall, erected in 1918 along Constitution Avenue (though still known as B St. then). The view is...

Yesterday Tom shared a somewhat jarring photo of the Capitol dome -- colored red.  It wasn't something we had seen before, dating roughly to...

Who doesn't like the Beach Boys? This was a pretty big concert on the National Mall for the first July 4th celebration in the...

This is a guest post by Aaron. Rendering of "SONG 1" (hirshhorn.si.edu) Art fans will focus...