Dispatch from DC: On the National Mall, the state of a nation
- Written by Lisa Benton-Short, Associate Professor of Geography, George Washington University
On Jan. 20, Americans focused their attention on Washington, D.C., as the presidential inauguration ceremony took place on the National Mall, a place that urban scholars, geographers and historians refer to as a “stage for democracy.”
As an urban geographer, I study the important role of public space in cities. Perhaps no public space...
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