Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool paint peeling off
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Just in time for America's birthday.
President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.
New York Magazine on MSN
Trump’s Reflecting Pool Makeover Has Become an Algae Abyss
Satellite data shows that the 2,000-foot pool that the president just renovated is having its worst summer for algal blooms in five years.
An analysis of satellite imagery of the Lincoln Memorial shows algae levels spiked days after a $14 million renovation was completed.
Upon reflection, perhaps several aspects of this project could have been handled differently. There are still two weeks to go before America’s 250th birthday bash on July 4. That’s plenty of time for this reflecting pool fiasco to get better. Or worse.
Did the U.S. Park Police arrest "antifa operatives" for dumping algae into the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.? No, that's not true: The story originated on a Facebook page
