![]() NIMBYs objected to the scheme, and it fizzled that year. The same thing happened back in 2000: When the scaffolding came down, Target offered to raise another $6.8 million to build a half-scale Monument-under-scaffolding-sans-Monument in Minneapolis, the corporate retailer's headquarters city. The enscaffolded Washington Monument earned its share of admirers during its recent run ( this writer included). (Target had begun selling housewares designed by Graves in 1999, a partnership that only ended last year.) Target also hired Michael Graves, FAIA, to design the scaffolding system-the same scaffolding that is coming down today. ![]() Target donated $3.5 million and raised another $5.4 million (in 2013 dollars) toward the National Park Service's renovation of the Washington Monument. ![]() The first time the Monument became the Monumech was in 1998. While it's a good thing that the Monument's observation decks will be open once again this spring, it's a loss for the scaffolding-a structure in its own right-to disappear into storage once again. It will take three months to bring the scaffolding down entirely. ![]() Unmonumental: The scaffolding that has supported the Washington Monument for the better part of the year will start to come down today. ![]()
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