The chimes for the memorial required the precision of Fugate's hand.
As Prof Yoon commented, "developing and constructing the memorial requires a coming-together of like-minded, like-spirited people from many different disciplines to create something singular in the world".
For the foreseeable future the path between the tower and the memorial's giant black-granite reflecting pools is blocked by fencing; visiting the memorial requires making a reservation and waiting in a long, snaking security line.
The law that regulates monuments and memorials requires that both the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) approve the design and construction plans.
Compared to the commitment of land, time, money, and will that such a full-scale memorial would require, the existing one is merely symbolic, an affecting ersatz; Eisenman's display is not just a symbol, but a symbol of a symbol.
Councilmember David Catania's South Capitol Street Tragedy Memorial Act, passed in March, requires the expansion of school-based programs to half of D.C.'s public schools by the 2014-2015 school year and all schools by the 2016-2017 school year.
The foundation still needs to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the memorial, which would require the approval of the city parks board.
"The competition required the memorial to be below grade, but I put it at street level, to make people look up, to inspire them".
It also would have required the stadium to be named Veterans Memorial Stadium (similar to the previous on-campus football stadium Memorial Stadium, which was last used in 1981 and demolished in 1992).
Contributions to the AIDS Memorial Quilt required neither apprenticed skills nor academic pedigree.
