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October 4, 2012
Is Pennsylvania Avenue landscape endangered?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue, sometimes called “America's Main Street,” is being listed among the nation's endangered landscapes because of neglect and deferred maintenance by the National Park Service.
The grand avenue connecting the Capitol and White House is slowly falling into disrepair, the nonprofit Cultural Landscape Foundation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Water fountains rarely function, benches are broken and some trees have been removed.
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