https://mallhistory.org/files/original/e268ee0c7e991381db1dc952a8774383.jpg ef7234fad7ca3d3620ca24950955b104 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. The band played "Auld Lang Syne" and the walls of the 52-year-old Navy-Munitions buildings between the Reflecting Pool and Constitution Avenue NW finally came tumbling down yesterday. As dignitaries and the press watched, an elaborate ceremony marked the beginning of the end of the last unsightly World War I-vintage "temporary" buildings that stood amidst trees and monuments on the Mall. Franklin D. Roosevelt, as under secretary of the Navy, had approved construction of the buildings there, which took just six months in 1917 and 1918. He later publicly regretted his choice, as have Washingtonians and tourists ever since…. .... the 20-man ceremonial unit of the Navy Band played, "Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come home?" as white-gloved policemen stood watch on the crowd of military brass, civilian employees and construction workers. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Last 'Tempos' Fall in Style: Wrecker's Ball Set to Music Description An account of the resource Although most of the office buildings constructed on the Mall to house <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/403">war department offices during World War I</a> and<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/58"> II </a>had been removed by the 1960s, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/57">a row of buildings from 1918</a> still stood in the space between <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/311">Constitution Avenue</a> and the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/23">Reflecting Pool</a>. In 1969 President Nixon ordered these buildings demolished, to be replaced with parkland more in keeping with the rest of the Mall. On July 15, 1970, Naval officers and government officials held a demolition ceremony, watching as the wrecking ball took its first swing at the walls. By December, the buildings were gone. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <em>The Washington Post</em> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/16/1970 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950-1979 1890-1919 design & monuments ghost mall