Here's a new one: the Frank Gehry/Eisenhower Memorial controversy has raged on in DC because Dwight Eisenhower, as president, wasn't controversial. In the new Vanity Fair, Paul Goldberger argues that "part of the problem Gehry faces is that Eisenhower evokes few intense feelings. [...] [H]is measured eloquence and quiet, focused achievement weren’t stirring. How do you design a memorial to effectiveness?" [previously; Vanity Fair via Curbed DC]
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