Who Decides What Gets Built in DC, and Who Pays for It?

Architectural plans and a judge’s gavel sit before images of White House construction and a proposed triumphal arch near Arlington Memorial Bridge, illustrating disputes over federal landmark projects in Washington, DC.

Washington, DC, looks the way it does because of decisions spread across federal agencies, review panels, Congress and the courts. Much of the land in the city’s monumental core belongs to the federal government, so changing it is a national question as well as a local one. Two projects pushed by President Donald Trump, a … Read more

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