Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial cascades

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial on the National Mall includes a sequence of cascading waterfalls and pools arranged across four outdoor 'rooms' representing FDR's four presidential terms. Landscape architect Lawrence Halprin designed the water features to vary in scale and sound, making water a central element of the memorial's experience. The waterfalls and reflecting pools are visible along the Tidal Basin shoreline and are maintained as part of the memorial's landscape.