Column | How an enslaver’s statue became the center of Trump’s exhibit at Freedom Plaza

Freedom Plaza, an urban square on Pennsylvania Avenue, the grand ceremonial connection between the White House and the U.S. Capitol, is one the best places to see the deep design of Washington, D.C. The open pedestrian plaza features a large-scale copy of the original “L’Enfant Plan” of Washington embedded in its paving. Thus, it immerses visitors in the complex overlay of grand, axial avenues and a grid of domestic streets that mirrors the dynamics between federal and local power embedded in the Constitution.