Monumental democracy

In the grand layout of public architecture, cities around the world have created monumental places of great urban significance, like the Mall in Washington, D.C., the Champs Elysees in Paris and the renovated Reichstag in Berlin. In the last 30 years, the Washington Mall has added numerous structures to its controlled skyline, among them the Air and Space Museum, the Hirschhorn Gallery, and the new National Gallery, each a landmark addition to the urban sequence.

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