The Cultural Landscape Foundation

The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) connects people to places via 4 major programs: What's Out There, Pioneers, Landslide & the Oberlander Prize.

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Judge orders Kennedy Center to remove Trump’s name from building https://t.co/ym4lB91JLM

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Free Tours During What's Out There Weekend at Clermont and many other Upper Hudson River locations June 6-7. Register here: https://t.co/VOwBrrD2Fd Organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation

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STUNNING. The process for painting the Reflecting Pool was improperly streamlined according to new court filings from The Cultural Landscape Foundation: https://t.co/gdMIRu4XTm

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Building a triumphal arch would be a “slap in the face to the Lincoln Memorial” according to famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., who was one of the most influential figures to shape the National Mall.
Here’s the full story: https://t.co/nVUytAV0Kx

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Watch Now—TCLF President + CEO Charles Birnbaum speaks with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about the foundation’s suit seeking federal level reviews usually required for sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/IvfuGFRmH4

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The Cultural Landscape Foundation today sued the Department of the Interior over the painting of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/KTVeZMflNw

📸 Reflecting Pool, Washington, D.C. - Photo by G. Edward Johnson, 2026

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DEADLINE MAY 8 to submit nomimations for an international @wlandscapearch award - details: https://t.co/lP3CqqcaqP

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Has the administration redesigned the Triumphal Arch? New renderings seen in the "Pledge Agreement" for the Nation Garden of American Heroes [https://t.co/6z2XttA1iz] do not include the golden statuary atop the arch. That slices 84 feet off the 250-foot-tall structure.

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POWERFUL—this New York Times series of simulations shows the magnitude of the impact on visual and spatial relationships the proposed Arch would have on the nation’s capital: https://t.co/z93SruAuVl

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An Arch, a Ballroom, and Repainting the Reflecting Pool ... What Next? https://t.co/Jd1itZ03Uf

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Will the Battle Over the White House Ballroom go to the Supreme Court for "Relief"? https://t.co/MCKC8YuqMJ

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New Threatened Landscapes Report Will Focus On Erasure Of American History - thank you @ParksTraveler https://t.co/LdF5iHChdi Know of a threatened cultural landscape associated with American history? Nominate it for this report today.

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Erasing American History - Call for Nominations for Threatened Cultural Landscapes - as we near the nation's 250th tangible links to history are being erased - a new report & exhibition will call attention to these sites - details - https://t.co/tlpxn6rfoc @AASLH

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Trump Administration To Reverse Chaco Canyon Protections
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https://t.co/jGwBVLNNoN

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Trump Administration To Reverse Chaco Canyon Protections @MTJParks https://t.co/jGwBVLNNoN

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Watch this CNN interview with TCLF about the proposed White House Ballroom. CNN White House Reporter Betsy Klein asks TCLF’s Charles Birnbaum about this headline making controversy.

https://t.co/DRY8alpcmE

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TCLF's Charles Birnbaum gets the last word in this Washington Post article: "Trump proposes $10B fund for D.C. construction, beautification projects” https://t.co/Wt7TgWPYiG

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BREAKING— Today a coalition of eight leading cultural heritage and architectural organizations, jointly represented by three law firms, filed suit in federal district court in Washington, DC to require federal review of Trump’s Kennedy Center plans. https://t.co/9TahO36RIo

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Just published by @dezeen: "The proposed White House ballroom is wholly incompatible with the site" by @TCLFdotORG's Charles Birnbaum. "Laws and guidelines regarding the grounds are being flouted and ignored." https://t.co/468GrpCvlS

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ACT NOW—Public comments about the proposed White House ballroom are due to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) by WED., MARCH 4 AT 12 NOON ET. https://t.co/flJoTDvT7E Contact the NCPC today & tell them to protect the White House grounds & to vote against this project