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Just published by @dezeen: "The proposed White House ballroom is wholly incompatible with the site" by @TCLFdotORG's Charles Birnbaum. "Laws and guidelines regarding the grounds are being flouted and ignored." dezeen.com/2026/03/04/eas…

ACT NOW—Public comments about the proposed White House ballroom are due to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) by WED., MARCH 4 AT 12 NOON ET. ncpc.gov/participate/gu… Contact the NCPC today & tell them to protect the White House grounds & to vote against this project

This Russell Page-designed garden near Rome includes 30 "rooms" and is open to the public March 28-October 11, 2026. grandigiardini.it/lang_EN/5268-e…

NEWS: Congratulations to TCLF Stewardship Council Member Christy Ten Eyck (below, top left), Winner of the 2026 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in Landscape Architecture: si.edu/newsdesk/relea…

Washington, D.C.’s 82-acre President’s Park includes Lafayette Square, the White House and its grounds, the Treasury and Old Executive Office buildings, the Ellipse, and many memorials and monuments. tclf.org/presidents-park

#Denver's 20-acre Commons Park lies just north of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the Platte River, a landscape significant as a historic gathering place for Native American tribes and the location where gold was discovered in 1858. tclf.org/commons-park

Access the guide here: tclf.org/places/city-an… #BlackHistoryMonth2026

REGISTER NOW - FREE WEBINAR FEB. 19 4PM ET - Hear an invigorating & revelatory conversation with the winner of the global Oberlander Prize, Mexican landscape architect Mario Schjetnan, & Oberlander Prize Curator Elizabeth Mossop & Jury Chair Claire Agre: tclf.org/virtual-oberla…

BIG NEWS - It has taken more than 200 years, but the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have finally reclaimed the Nikwasi Mound in Franklin, NC tclf.org/landslide-upda…

The Public Art Advocacy Fund launched one-year ago today and is needed more than ever. Ned Smyth’s “Upper Room” at Battery Park City was leveled this past Nov. & yesterday the SF Bd of Supervisors approved removal of the Vaillancourt Fountain. More here: tclf.org/new-public-art…

“Sunshined” (aka FOIA'd) info about San Francisco's threatened Vaillancourt Fountain yielded this exchange between a city contractor & city employee; so, what don’t they want the public to know. Read more here: tclf.org/new-informatio… @RecParkSF @BXPSF @bobmcmillan

Nearly 97% of the letters (32 of 33) to the Board of Supervisors, in advance of today’s meeting, support the Vaillancourt Fountain/oppose removal/demolition. sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&… @sfbos

What does this SF city official not want made public? And is a city contractor helping her? New information raises transparency issues in Vaillancourt Fountain debate tclf.org/new-informatio… @RecParkSF @sfbos @DanielLurie @CCSFundraising @traviscarley

Important Updates about Boston’s Olmsted-designed Franklin Park: what’s next for the Shattuck Hospital site?; and the lawsuit over White Stadium heads to the State Supreme Court: tclf.org/landslide-upda…

Please help The Cultural Landscape Foundation continue to connect people to places through a broad array of advocacy & educational initiatives that reach audiences throughout the nation . . . and internationally. tclf.org/2025-year-revi…

Recently released recording of city officials raises transparency issues in San Francisco's Vaillancourt Fountain debate tclf.org/new-informatio… @sfchronicle @SFist @sfexaminer @sfstandard @KQEDnews @artnews @TheArtNewspaper @dezeen

A potential lifeline for Embarcadero Plaza's Vaillancourt Fountain? Write the SF Board of Supervisors today; ask them to support the appeal filed by @docomomoNOCA that would help prevent the disassembly of the fountain—details here: tclf.org/potential-life…

2025 Oberlander Prize laureate Mario Schjetnan pays homage to the late 2023 Oberlander Prize laureate & his dear friend, Kongjian Yu, at the "Soak it Up: Los Angeles, CA" conference. Prof. Yu was the global champion of the "sponge cities" concept for mitigating urban flooding.

The impetus for "Soak it Up: Los Angeles, CA" conference is the work of the late landscape architect Kongjian Yu, global champion of the "sponges cities" concept for mitigating urban flooding; he's shown in a tribute video was played during the conference.

"Soak It Up: Los Angeles, CA" conference attendees registering for the event at the USC campus this morning. A perfect day on a beautifully designed campus.