Word: malling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Widespred speculation that the marchers would attempt to erect their shantytown on the Mall in front of the Capitol has preoccupied many Washington officials this week. Congressman William C. Kramer (R-Fla.), the author of the anti-riot provision of the 1968 Civil Rights Act, is pushing a bill to bar the marchers from erecting their shacks anywhere near the complex of federal buildings surrounding the Mail...
This bill will probably be unnecessary in keeping the marchers away from the Mall, since the Department of the Interior must grant them a permit before they can camp on federal property, and now it appears that this permit may not be granted...
...triangular-shaped shelters, costing $10 per inhabitant, which will be moved to the camp-in site-as soon as one can be agreed upon. Congressional pressure against allowing the marchers to use federal land is mounting. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall has been cool to the use of the Capitol Mall, where crowds gathered to hear King deliver his ringing "I have a dream" speech in 1963. A likely compromise may be West Potomac Park near the Lincoln Memorial, a magnet for tourists...
When landscaping is completed in June on a pedestrian mall, students will be able to cross from the Yard to labs and classrooms across Cambridge Street without disturbing the flow of traffic...
...mall will span 385 feet and will be lanscaped with shrubs, trees, grass, and lighting fixtures. The tunnel below the mall extends for approximately 75 of the 1,500 feet of the new roadway...