Ground is broken for Newseum building on Pennsylvania Ave.
Submitted on December 4, 2003 - 1:00am.
Brynn Grimley - Fall 2003
WASHINGTON – City officials, news professionals and project planners broke ground Thursday for the Freedom Forum's Newseum in a half-full parking lot where the 90-foot building is scheduled to stand by 2006.
Charles L. Overby, chairman and chief executive officer of the Freedom Forum, said that after three years of planning and talks, construction of the new Newseum, a museum devoted to the news business, would begin.
“I first saw the designs on a napkin, then bigger,” joked Overby. “This is pretty good … it just might work out.”
Charles L. Overby, chairman and chief executive officer of the Freedom Forum, said that after three years of planning and talks, construction of the new Newseum, a museum devoted to the news business, would begin.
“I first saw the designs on a napkin, then bigger,” joked Overby. “This is pretty good … it just might work out.”
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