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LEGOLAND / California / 472

Washington DC is GONE!! —Mark Papenfuss
I was shocked when I saw this, but I found out yesterday that our beloved Washington DC is GONE! There is just dirt where busy streets and buildings once stood. The only building left standing was the tall Washington Monument, and a bridge that has (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.events.brickswest)

	Re: Washington DC is GONE!! —Jennifer L. Boger
	I'm sorry, you just about gave me a heart attack. gaspwheeze* Jennifer Boger former DC resident and worrier extrodinare Quoting Mark P <mark@landofbricks.com>: (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.events.brickswest)

		Re: Washington DC is GONE!! —Brendan Powell Smith
		(...) Ack! I had the same reaction. It's frightening that we live in a time when a headline like that can't be immediatley dismissed as an impossibility. I found out about both the WTC and the Columbia disasters from similar headlines while surfing (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.events.brickswest)

	Re: Washington DC is GONE!! —Anne Carasik
	(...) Yeah, I was there on Saturday. It was just.. weird. (...) Well, I wonder if they're cleaning it too. The bricks get pretty faded in the sunlight. (...) Wow. (...) That's what I was wondering about as well. I know it's technically off-season, (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.events.brickswest)

	Re: Washington DC is GONE!! —Paul Thomas
	In lugnet.legoland.california, Mark Papenfuss writes: Well here is something to think about. They have been working on a launch site with shuttle for about a year that is supose to go into miniland. I wounder if that is what was going to be put (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.events.brickswest)

	Re: Washington DC is GONE!! —Ross Crawford
	In lugnet.legoland.california, Mark Papenfuss writes: [snip] (...) Well, call me aussie-centric, but I thought the Sydney Opera House was the pride and joy of the park! (URL) OK, the crane is good too.... 8?) (URL) (FUT .loc.au) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.loc.au)

		Re: Washington DC is BACK!!!! —Ray Silva
		It's back! The last two visits two LEGOLAND California I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Washington DC in Miniland has returned. It looks like they have redone lots of the buildings and added some new ones. Check out my brickshelf page for (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.legoland.california)

		Re: Washington DC is BACK!!!! —Mark Papenfuss
		(...) Ya, I was the other day as well and it looked great! Everything was nice and BRIGHT - it was really neat to see how much better it looked from before. I took some pics as well, not sure if I am going to put them up on my site or on Brickshelf. (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.legoland.california)

			Re: Washington DC is BACK!!!! —Mark Papenfuss
			(...) Just to relpy to my own post ;) I put some pictures up as well. I think when you see stuff like this: (URL) jaw just has to drop. Look at the BRIGHT colors in the fountian! Look at the clear plates on the roof! They are actually WHITE and not (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.legoland.california)

	Re: Washington DC is GONE!! —Travis Matheson
	(...) Kindersley. published in 1999 it has some awesome pics of some of the models from the legoland parks. The construction pics of the Sydney Opera House are great. it's a great book. I paid $35 - $40 Australian for it, so. yeah, good buy. a (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.au)