Main entry:

Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-

Title & Author:

Pennsylvania Avenue : America's main street / Carol M. Highsmith and Ted Landphair ; featuring the photographs of Carol M. Highsmith ; foreword by Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Architects Press, 1988.

Description:

191 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 185) and index.
An Avenue field guide. From the White House to Freedom Plaza -- From Freedom Plaza to Market Square -- To the Capitol -- What's past is prologue. Slop on the Avenue -- Charnel along the Tiber and a road made of iron -- Shucking at Harvey's and jiving at Kann's -- Pathway of the Presidents -- The era of reconstruction. Monumental undertakings -- Oh lost! And by the wind grieved! -- Life and transfiguration -- Witnesses to the passing of time. Proud as a peacock again -- Cheating the wrecker's ball -- Epilogue : your Main Street.
Also issued online.

Summary:

This book's text and its archival and present-day photographs tell the story of America's ultimate Main Street.

ISBN:

1558350101 (pbk.)
9781558350106 (pbk.)
1558350004 (hard)
9781558350007 (hard)

Subject:

WASHINGTON (D.C.)--HISTORY.
Geschichte
Bildband
Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) History.
Washington (D.C.) Histoire.
Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) Pennsylvania Avenue

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Landphair, Ted, 1942-
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- photographer.
Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003, writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 45444
Call No.: ID:89-B4784
Status: Available