I would love to see it restored and safe.
See if Putan can help.
My last job in DC was at Thomas Circle, not far from where the riots took place in the 1960s. It was my habit to jog every other day from my office, through Lafayette Park, past the White House and around the Monument, then back to work again. This was less than 8 years ago. On a corner very near my office building a young woman who was jogging paused at a traffic light. It is customary to jog in place until the light changes. As she was jogging in place, someone stabbed her to death. Turns out he thought she was white, but she ws hispanic. I stopped running at lunch time.