The Eisenhower family has withdrawn is rejections to the Frank Gehry-designed memorial, proposed for Washington DC to honour the 34th president of the United States (+ slideshow).
After years of opposition, the almost $150 million project has finally gained approval from the family of Kansas-born Dwight D Eisenhower ? who led the US from 1953 to 1961, and was also an army general during the second world war.

Gehry's structure for the National Mall, comprising giant stone blocks and metal surfaces, was considered too extravagant by former president's relatives.

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However, discussions with the memorial's advisory commission have led to undisclosed changes to the design that have satisfied the family, according to Reuters.
Their support could now allow construction to go ahead.
"I believe we have reached an excellent compromise and that the proposed modifications appropriately honour Eisenhower, Kansas' favourite son, as both general and president," said senator Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican and chairman of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission.

The family's main opposition was to the 447-foot (136-metre) steel mesh "tapestries" that would depict the Kansas plains where the Eisenhower spent his boyhood.
US lawmakers were also concerned about the tapestries, as comparisons were drawn between the metal sheets and an iron curtain ? the name given to the divide...