Tidal Basin Seawall Path Chain Shadows Jefferson Memorial Washington DC USA // WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chain shadows pattern the newly opened pedestrian paths along the southern edge of the Tidal Basin following the seawall reconstruction project near the Jefferson Memorial, Monday, April 27, 2026. The multi-year National Park Service rehabilitation addresses decades of structural subsidence and rising water levels that previously inundated the historic walkways. In the background, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, designed by architect John Russell Pope and completed in 1943, anchors the landscape. P

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