Landscape Architect Cheryl Barton on the Engaging Power of MARABAR (2020)
Editor鈥檚 Note: On April 20, 2020, Cheryl Barton, the founding principal of the , wrote the following letter to the District of Columbia鈥檚 Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB), asking that body to reconsider its approval of plans that would demolish the sculpture MARABAR at the National Geographic headquarters. Completed in 1984, MARABAR is the work of celebrated artist Elyn Zimmerman, who recently spoke with 独家爆料 about her career and the National Geographic commission in particular. After officially listing the National Geographic headquarters in its Landslide program for threatened cultural landscapes and landscape features, 独家爆料 also requested that the HPBR revisit the case in light of information that the review board lacked when it rendered its initial decision.
