Less marble.(NATION)(INSIDE THE BELTWAY)

Byline: John McCaslin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Less marble

Former New York Republican Sen. Alfonse D'Amato is offering some advice on the importance of neighborhoods to eight architectural-design teams competing in a new History Channel series that conjures up how the District might look 100 years from now.

"In all those years that I served in Washington, D.C., anytime I wanted genuinely good pastrami, Danish, bagels, or pizza, I took a plane, train or car to go home to New York," he said. "While there are great restaurants in Washington, the sense of ethnicity ...

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