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Trump Administration Faces Lawsuit Over Blue Reflecting Pool Renovation
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Trump Administration Faces Lawsuit Over Blue Reflecting Pool Renovation

ARTnews.com·Daniel Cassady·21 days ago
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The Cultural Landscape Foundation, a Washington D.C-based nonprofit focused on education and advocacy, has sued the Trump administration over its controversial makeover of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, arguing that federal officials failed to follow legally required review procedures before coating the basin in a bright blue surface.  Filed Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., the lawsuit seeks to halt work on the project through a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction. The group argues that the Interior Department violated the National Historic Preservation Act by moving ahead with major changes to one of the nation’s most recognizable memorial landscapes without the standard federal review process.…

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