BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal commission working to build a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower near the National Mall is considering whether to move forward with architect Frank Gehry’s design after years of controversy over the project.
Earlier in September, Gehry’s team presented a revised design in response to objections from critics and Eisenhower’s family. Now the Eisenhower Memorial Commission is scheduled to meet Wednesday for the first time in more than a year to consider the changes.
Gehry’s Los Angeles-based team has eliminated metal tapestries on the sides of the proposed memorial park, along with some columns. One stainless steel tapestry would remain as a backdrop, depicting the Kansas landscape of Ike’s boyhood home.
But in a letter Monday, Eisenhower’s family says the revised design still does not address their concerns.