Eisenhower Family Calls For Timeout In Approval Of Memorial

Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial Plan Incites 'Hostile' Questions
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The world's most-famous architect sailed into a storm of old-fashioned Washington controversy this week.

At a public conversation Wednesday at the National Archives, Frank Gehry encountered hostile questions from audience members about his designs for a memorial to Dwight David Eisenhower planned for a prominent spot on Independence Avenue, just south of the Mall.

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