Capitol Flashback 1987
5 08 2008You are not seeing things… those are construction cranes above the US Capitol. This photo was taken during the last major renovation and restoration effort way back in 1987. It’s such a cool shot because it’s such a rare event that work of this proportion is done on major buildings and monuments around the city (remember when the Washington Monument was covered in scaffolding back in the late 90s?)
The next major restoration effort of the Capitol won’t take place till 2015 according to the architect of the Capitol, so this isn’t a sight you will be seeing any time soon! [Credit: Azmatsen]
It was so ugly when the Washington monument was covered in scaffolding, they should have made it light up with strobes like the Eiffel Tower, that would have been cool.