Pennsylvania Avenue Grass Plan Abandoned
An interim plan to replace the closed part of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House with strips of grass has been abandoned by federal officials, leaving a six-lane slab of asphalt for now.
The 40-foot-wide sections of grass proposed for the middle of the street were supposed to be sown by now and the concrete barriers at 15th and 17th streets replaced with beige and gray planters of flowers and trees.
The 115 planters are to be installed next week. But the National Park Service backed off from planting grass after architects said the street should not be torn up until a permanent plan is chosen.
President Clinton ordered the two-block section of Pennsylvania closed after the Oklahoma City bombing last year.
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