2,500 Show Up at Kennedy Center Protest to Prevent Demolition

In a joint statement, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), American Society of Landscape Architects, Committee of 100 on the Federal City, The Cultural Landscape Foundation, DC Preservation League, Docomomo US, National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Society of Architectural Historians said: “If the current leadership of the Kennedy Center is unwilling or unable to exercise its fiduciary duty to protect the historic building and the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the court should consider appointing a receiver or replacing that leadership. The irrevocable loss of this iconic building—whether by intent, neglect or mismanagement—appears increasingly possible.”