{"exhibit":{"title":"Were there other buildings where museums are now?","description":"
Most structures built near the Mall in the 1800s are no longer standing. Markets, restaurants, small businesses, railroad stations, homes, the original US Department of Agriculture office, and two Smithsonian museums stood on and bordered the Mall. By the early 1900s, a plan was made to remake the Mall with open public parkland running down its center and space for new monuments and museums along its borders. Over the next 100 years, national memorials, monuments, and new museums displaced local businesses and old scientific buildings, and the Mall was no longer a commercial hub for Washingtonians.<\/p>","credits":"","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"other_buildings","added":"2013-05-06 10:28:31","modified":"2014-09-02 14:51:27","owner_id":5,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null,"id":33},"item":{"item_type_id":14,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2012-09-12 07:43:46","modified":"2015-09-08 12:11:00","owner_id":4,"id":57}}