Photo: View of DC from the Washington Mon. 100 years ago

[Ichingcarpenter]

Trees!! Where are the lobbyists?

[Proud Public Servant]

1. Very cool! [nt]

[liberal N proud]

2. Oh how it has changed

You wouldn't hardly recognize it if it were not for some important landmarks.

Here is a more recent picture.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

4. Lots of the changes happened during FDR...

Look at the cornerstones of the buildings in the Federal Triangle. I can't imagine what a mess the area must have been during those years!

[rgbecker]

3. Here's a picture from Jan of 2009.

Looking forward to 2013 repeat.

[madokie]

5. Thats the best one of the bunch

[pinboy3niner]

6. Here's one with the AIDS Quilt there in '96

A quilt created in memory of AIDS victims stretches from the Washington Monument to the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 11, 1996. File photo by Ron Edmonds, AP

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-06-19/aids-quilt-names-project/55746754/1

[StrictlyRockers]

7. The only lobbyist for the trees was the Lorax.

And last I heard, he flew off outta here.