After years of steadfast disapproval of the proposed design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Eisenhower family has finally voiced their support for the Frank Gehry designed park and monument ? once a few more minor changes are made.

Rendering from the memorial's most recent iteration. Image © Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission

After years of steadfast disapproval of the proposed design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Eisenhower family has finally voiced their support for the Frank Gehry designed park and monument ? once a few more minor changes are made.The 15-year-long process has already seen a multitude of design tweaks and revisions, but it appeared to have been decisively green-lit last summer following final approval by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC). In the past year, however, the project has once again stalled, as the Eisenhower Memorial Commission has struggled to find private donors following the withdrawal of congressional funding for the project in 2013.
The original competition-winning memorial design proposed by Gehry. Image © Gehry & Partners

In finally receiving the family?s support, the commission likely hopes to garner renewed enthusiasm for the project from both private and public sources.?While some of us may have had other preferences in the past, all of us support your proposal,? wrote Susan Eisenhower, the president?s granddaughter...