The schematics the society submitted of the new courtyard design did not include Zimmerman’s pool or giant polished boulders. National Geographic cited these plans as evidence that it has been forthcoming about its intentions regarding the installation. But one board member, Outerbridge Horsey, said it was still not clear to the panel that the society intended to remove a critically hailed work of art and that he was “very uncomfortable” with the board’s previous decision now that the letters have revealed more information about “Marabar.”

Source: New York Times May 29, 2020 00:22 UTC