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Historic NY

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2. It was never designed to be a pool.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 09:44 AM

17 hrs ago

Extensive work was done during the Obama Administration to stabilize it and allow for the filtering of the muddy water from the tidal basin. Its a shallow reflecting pool. Which means the dark bottom allowed the reflections of the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial in the still water.

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