 Daria Olbinger, ABC News. A new proposal would radically change the area around the Kennedy Center to integrate it into the National Mall. It would happen by eliminating the tangled maze of highways and ramps that currently make up the area. The Washington Business Journal reports the concept would shift entry to the city from the Roosevelt Bridge to tunnels below a new 27-acre park. But this project would be several decades in the making if it could even get off the ground. The colossal vision was prepared by the National Capital Planning Commission.