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Important Vistas
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CONSTITUTION
National Mall PlanUnited States Department of the Interior / National Park Service
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Arlington
Memorial Bridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Memorial Bridge
Ellipse
THOMAS JEFFERSONMEMORIAL
FRANKLIN DELANO
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
WASHINGTONMONUMENT
DC WARMEMORIAL
WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL
VIETNAMVETERANSMEMORIAL
THE MALL
GEORGE MASON
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National Malland Memorial Parks Headquarters
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GRANTMEMORIAL
UNIONSQUARE
KOREAN WARVETERANSMEMORIAL
THEWHITEHOUSE
UnionStation
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IMPORTANT VISTASThe following vistas are identified as contributing features of the L’Enfant Plan of the City of Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Capitol along the Mall to the Lincoln Memorial and the western horizon
White House across the Ellipse to the Jefferson Memorial and the southern horizon
Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue to the U.S. Capitol
Virginia Avenue to the Washington Monument
Capitol grounds, Mall, and Potomac Parks along Constitution Avenue
Capitol grounds, Mall, and Potomac Parks along Independence Avenue
10th Street SW to the Smithsonian Castle
10th Street NW to the Museum of Natural History
6th Street NW to the National Gallery of Art
23rd Street to the Lincoln Memorial
OTHER IMPORTANT VISTAS
Lincoln Memorial to Arlington House in Arlington Cemetery
8th Street Axis National Archives to Hirshhorn Museum
4th Street NW to National Building Museum
17th Street
National Mall Plan Area
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