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Welcome to our vision for the future of the National Tidal Basin, developed as part of an ideas lab sponsored by The Trust for the National Mall and the National Trust for Historic Preservation in collaboration with the National Park Service.

Introduction

A People’s Future for the
National Tidal Basin

Like American democracy itself, the Tidal Basin
has always been a work in progress.