Word: lin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...something beyond themselves, whatever their reasons. It is a memorial to the young and their nation, to the coming together finally in human tribute. G.I.s and Presidents will walk side by side in memory. Differences will merge. The memorial design is by a Chinese American, Maya Ying Lin, 22. The monument's sponsors are asking that demonstrators for any cause be perpetually banned from the site (as they are in Arlington National Cemetery), so that the tribute to sacrifice will not be corrupted by partisan politics or positions...
Viet Nam Veterans Memorial, Washington, B.C. Maya Y. Lin, designer. A brilliantly simple solution to the emotion-charged problem of honoring 57,709 victims of the controversial...
...Lillian Lin, a member of the Massachusetts National Organization of Women's Task Force on Reproductive Freedom, said the anti-abortion proposal, the Human Life Amendment, could, if passed, cause a "dangerous political polarity in this country...
...sour note to mar the initial symphony of praise came from Pulitzer prize-winning Architecture Critic Paul Gapp of the Chicago Tribune. "The so-called memorial," he wrote, is "bizarre" because it is "neither a building nor sculpture." But of course it is precisely those unclassifiable qualities that make Lin's design so eminently right. It fits. At this time in the history of our architecture, and at this place in the monumental heart of Washington, additional buildings or sculptures would intrude. In retrospect, it is hard to conceive of anything but a horizontal landscape design that could meet...
None of the runners-up, however sincerely conceived, deserves a place near the Lincoln Memorial. While there is nothing sacred about the Mall, the majesty of this green carpet demands digni fied simplicity, if not nobility, of any newcomer. Lin's design meets that demand...