Despite major criticism from architects, artists, politicians, and Eisenhower's family themselves, the US Commission of Fine Arts approved Frank Gehry's design for the Eisenhower Memorial in a 3-1 vote earlier this month...
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/07/18/plans-for-142-million-eisenhower-memorial-move-forward-despite-scathing-criticism
(note that what is shown in the photo is a very small portion of the proposed memorial, unless I missed the announcement that they removed the 80 ft columns, the giant steel tapestries and the other groupings of statues...)
A. The thing's been in the works since 1999 and has cost $62M without anything being built.
B. It lacks cohesion, simplicity or an icon to know it by...
C. No one I can find really likes it. Even the people that defend it seem to do so because of who designed it and simply point to the fact that people once opposed the Vietnam Memorial as proof we should "get over it".
I don't think it will turn out very well...and it's only going to get more expensive.
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/05/16/commission-for-unbuilt-eisenhower-memorial-wants-another-51-million-from-taxpayers
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