Despite the indignation of some Foggy Bottom community members, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission has decided to delay taking a position on the potential installment of a new statue of George Washington at the corner of the 1957 E Street building.

The issue of the statue’s installment is currently “tabled” by the DC Public Space Committee, and the ANC will not discuss it further until the PSC has, said ANC chairman Asher Corson, at a meeting Wednesday.

However, several individual community members raised concerns at the meeting about the placement of the statue and the prevalence of George Washington images in the neighborhood.

“The sidewalks and the street do not belong to GW. They belong to the community,” said Dorothy Miller, a Foggy Bottom resident. “We are sick and tired of 16 million statues of George Washington.”

Director of DC and Foggy Bottom/West End Affairs Michael Akin pointed out that the plan for the statue falls with in the boundaries of the campus plan and that it would not be in sight of any residential units.

“The location where we placed this one, I think, is appropriate,” he said.
-Reed Cooley