Design
Is the Eisenhower Memorial Moving Forward Without Frank Gehry?
The Eisenhower family and the memorial commission have reached a compromise—without its famed architect.
Following a standoff over the proposed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial that has stretched for more than five years, members of the Eisenhower family did an about-face this week, signaling their support for the design by Frank Gehry.
In a letter, Susan Eisenhower indicated her and her siblings’ unanimous support for Gehry’s vision, following some suggestions for the overall scheme. The vast woven metal tapestry that is central to the memorial should no longer depict a bare Kansas plain, for example, but rather showcase the landscape in Normandy, France, where forces under Supreme Allied Commander Eisenhower landed on D-Day.