The Washington Post - 18.09.2019

B8 EZ SU THE WASHINGTON POST.WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 , 2019

like nearly all Washington’s other
monuments and museums, free.
(Forbes Magazine says he’s
now worth $3.2 billion, so pre-
sumably cost of admittance to
any structure or event on Earth is
not an issue.)
It was damage to the monu-
ment that got Rubenstein inter-
ested in historical philanthropy.
He asked officials at the Na-
tional Park Service who would fix
the monument and how much it
would cost. To ld that Congress
would probably need to be in-
volved, Rubenstein decided to
put up the money himself so
there wouldn’t be too much de-
lay.
“Then I realized there are oth-
er buildings that could probably
use some money, s o I began fixing
up other things,” he said.
Asked what the return on in-
vestment was for him, Ruben-
stein said “infinite.” But that’s
obviously not in terms of cold,
hard cash.
“Thomas Jefferson said part of
what we want to do is pursue
happiness,” Rubenstein said. “So
what produces the most happi-
ness in the world?”
Having happy and healthy
children, he said.
Making your parents proud, he
said.
And this: “When you have your
fellow citizens think you’re doing
something u seful, that’s probably
pretty good. I get a lot of pleasure
out of doing these things, and if I
didn’t do them and I died with
more money would I be a happier
person? I don’t think so.”
Rubenstein moseyed around
the observation deck talking to
reporters and looking out the
windows, which frame some of
the best views of Washington —
the Capitol, the Lincoln Memori-
al, the White House.
Then, dressed in a suit and tie,
the 70-year-old billionaire pre-
pared to climb a ladder up 19 feet
to get a peek at the elevator’s new
machinery. A National Park Serv-
ice official offered some advice:
Always have three points of con-
tact on the ladder.
“I can do it,” Rubenstein said.
And off he went.
Descending the ladder a few
minutes later, he said, “I don’t
think Melania is going to climb
up there.”
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measure of how the conditions really “feel.”

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Mars 6:25 a.m. 7:03 p.m.

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4–8 mph. Tonight, mostly clear, chilly. Low 45–51. Wind
northeast 3–6 mph. Thursday, sunny, cool. High 60–64.
Wind northeast 4–8 mph. Fr iday, mostly sunny, warmer.
High 66–70. Wind south 4–8 mph.

Atlantic beaches: Today, partly sunny, breezy, cool. High
70 –74. Wind northeast 10–20 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy,
breezy. Low 54–63. Wind northeast 10–20 mph. Thursday,
mostly sunny, cool. High 68– 72. Wind northeast 8–16 mph.
Fr iday, mostly sunny. High 72–76.

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UV: Moderate

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Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, mostly sunny. Wind
northeast 5–10 knots. Waves 1 foot. Visibility unrestricted. • Lower
Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, mostly sunny. Wind northeast
8–16 knots. Waves around 2 feet on both the lower Potomac
and Chesapeake Bay. Visibility clear.• River Stages: The stage at
Little Falls will be around 2.8 feet today, holding rising to 2.9 feet
Thursday. Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.

Albany, NY 70/43/pc 72/48/s

Albuquerque 84/62/s 83/59/pc

Anchorage 59/53/r 60/50/sh

Atlanta 87/67/pc 81/61/s

Austin 94/72/c 93/75/t

Baltimore 77/54/pc 75/49/s

Billings, MT 78/51/s 73/52/pc

Birmingham 95/71/s 85/64/s

Bismarck, ND 77/51/pc 80/64/t

Boise 65/48/sh 64/44/sh

Boston 63/50/pc 67/53/s

Buffalo 74/53/s 77/58/s

Burlington, VT 69/44/s 73/51/s

Charleston, SC 82/61/s 79/61/pc

Charleston, WV 86/58/s 83/55/s

Charlotte 79/57/pc 77/52/s

Cheyenne, WY 76/50/s 81/51/s

Chicago 82/64/pc 84/68/pc

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Miami 91/78/s 87/78/sh

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Minneapolis 84/64/t 82/68/pc

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New Orleans 93/77/s 92/77/pc

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Sacramento 78/54/pc 80/55/s

St. Louis 90/70/pc 90/71/pc

St. Thomas, VI 89/80/pc 89/80/sh

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San Diego 75/65/pc 75/64/pc

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San Juan, PR 91/78/pc 90/79/pc

Seattle 66/52/c 68/56/pc

Spokane, WA 58/46/sh 63/49/pc

Syracuse 72/47/s 75/52/s

Tampa 94/72/t 90/70/pc

Wichita 92/70/pc 89/70/pc

Addis Ababa 69/53/t 69/52/pc

Amsterdam 61/48/c 63/48/pc

Athens 86/69/s 86/70/s

Auckland 61/47/s 61/46/pc

Baghdad 106/74/s 106/74/s

Bangkok 93/78/t 90/77/t

Beijing 77/54/s 77/58/c

Berlin 60/43/pc 60/44/pc

Bogota 64/51/sh 64/50/c

Brussels 63/44/pc 64/45/s

Buenos Aires 69/56/s 65/39/s

Cairo 94/73/s 94/73/s

Caracas 73/66/t 73/67/t

Copenhagen 58/46/pc 59/46/pc

Dakar 88/80/pc 87/79/t

Dublin 63/46/pc 64/49/s

Edinburgh 63/50/pc 64/48/pc

Frankfurt 65/41/pc 63/42/pc

Geneva 68/47/pc 66/46/s

Ham., Bermuda 85/74/r 80/73/r

Helsinki 53/35/c 51/32/sh

Ho Chi Minh City 85/76/t 84/75/t

Hong Kong 91/80/pc 91/78/s

Islamabad 95/75/s 91/72/t

Istanbul 83/68/s 79/65/s

Jerusalem 88/67/s 88/68/s

Johannesburg 86/60/pc 85/55/s

Kabul 94/52/s 93/52/s

Kingston, Jam. 89/77/t 88/78/t

Kolkata 92/79/pc 93/78/s

Lagos 80/75/t 85/77/t

Lima 65/60/pc 65/60/pc

Lisbon 78/62/pc 77/63/pc

London 68/49/s 71/51/s

Madrid 83/61/pc 83/63/pc

Manila 84/78/sh 83/77/r

Mexico City 72/57/t 72/55/t

Montreal 67/46/s 72/54/s

Moscow 54/41/r 51/35/pc

Mumbai 87/79/sh 86/78/sh

Nairobi 81/52/pc 81/52/s

New Delhi 93/77/pc 88/75/c

Oslo 58/39/pc 54/40/pc

Ottawa 70/43/s 75/51/s

Paris 69/49/s 69/49/s

Prague 58/40/pc 56/39/pc

Rio de Janeiro 95/73/s 84/75/s

Riyadh 109/79/pc 108/77/s

Rome 81/65/pc 80/61/t

San Salvador 85/68/t 87/69/t

Santiago 72/44/s 67/43/pc

Sarajevo 60/46/r 59/37/pc

Seoul 77/55/s 76/56/pc

Shanghai 85/66/pc 80/67/pc

Singapore 90/80/c 91/80/pc

Stockholm 52/40/pc 52/35/pc

Sydney 64/59/r 69/60/sh

Taipei City 84/73/sh 84/74/pc

Tehran 97/72/s 96/73/s

Tokyo 75/70/r 79/66/pc

Toronto 70/54/pc 74/57/s

Vienna 64/44/pc 61/41/pc

Warsaw 59/42/t 58/40/t

Today

Partly sunny

Thursday

Sunny

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warmer

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warm

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hot

Monday

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Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +4.7° yr. to date: +2.7°

High: Jasper, AL 104°

Low: Bridgeport, CA 23°

World

High: Basrah, Iraq 119°

Low: Summit Station, Greenland –19°

Weather map features for noon today.

WIND:NE 7–14 mph

HUMIDITY:Moderate

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Delightful day

Skies will be partly to mostly sunny,
and humidity will be low. Add in
highs in the mid-70s to near 80, and
you might find it hard not to call in
sick (or take a long lunch). Winds
will be out of the northeast about 5 to 10 mph.

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Reopened monument’s observation deck will again o≠er the best view in D.C.

PHOTOS BY MATT MCCLAIN/THE WASHINGTON POST

ABOVE: National Park Service employee Royster Norwood paints fencing around the Washington

Monument on Tuesday. The monument will reopen Thursday for the first time in three years.

LEFT: The philanthropist who paid for the repairs, David M. Rubenstein, attends a preview of the

remodeled monument on Tuesday. He has spent more than $10 million to restore the obelisk.

“When you have your fellow citizens think you’re doing

something useful, that’s probably pretty good.

I get a lot of pleasure out of doing these things,

and if I didn’t do them and I died with more money

would I be a happier person? I don’t think so.”

David M. Rubenstein, historical philanthropist