Relocation Ruled Out for Trump’s 250-Ft DC Arch Despite Preservation Constraints

Charles Birnbaum, founding president and CEO of The Cultural Landscape Foundation and a consulting party in the Section 106 review, disputed that mitigation offers a meaningful resolution once relocation and scale reduction are off the table. “This is a Hobson’s Choice—which is take it or leave it,” he said. “The idea of mitigation or minimization is a hollow performative gesture.”