Main entry:

United States. National Capital Planning Commission.

Title & Author:

Worthy of the nation : the history of planning for the national capital / National Capital Planning Commission ; Frederick Gutheim, consultant.

Publication:

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1977.

Description:

xvii, 415 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Series:

National Capital Planning Commission historical studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-403) and index.
Prologue: The Washington Plan in Past and Present -- Photographic Essay: The National Capital City -- The Planned Central City, 1790-1800 -- The Port City, 1800-1860 -- The Civil War, 1860-1865 -- The Postbellum City, 1865-1900 -- The McMillan Plan, 1901-1902 -- Toward Metropolis, 1902-1926 -- The Early National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1926-1933 -- The Dew Deal in Planning, 1933-1941 -- World War II and Postwar Years, 1941-1952 -- The Turnaround, 1952-1960 -- Mobility, 1920-1976 -- New Agendas in Policies and Comprehensive Plans, 1960-1968 -- The Redevelopment Theme, 1945-1976 -- The Metropolitan Region Theme, 1945-1976 -- Epilogue: The New Washington -- Photographic Essay: Faces and Forms of Washington -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.

ISBN:

0874744962
9780874744965
0874744970 pbk.
9780874744972 pbk

Subject:

City planning Washington (D.C.) History.
City planning United States.
Urbanisme États-Unis.
Urbanisme Washington (D.C.) Histoire.
City planning
United States
Washington (D.C.)

Form/genre:

Government publications
History

Added entries:

Gutheim, Frederick Albert, 1908-1993.
National Capital Planning Commission historical studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 68047
Call No.: ID:86-B10082
Status: Available