Main entry:

Bednar, Michael J., author.

Title & Author:

L'Enfant's legacy : public open spaces in Washington, D.C. / Michael Bednar.

Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2006]

Description:

x, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index.
The L'Enfant plan -- Public space and democratic ideals -- The Mall -- Capitol Square -- President's Park -- Early squares -- Office squares -- Constituent City -- Capitol Hill -- New public places.

Summary:

"Many American democratic ideals are embodied in the public spaces of its cities, especially in Washington, D.C. In L'Enfant's Legacy architect and scholar Michael Bednar explores the public spaces of the nation's capital, examining the context of the surrounding architecture and the roles of the spaces in the changing functional life of the city." "Bednar examines the ways in which L'Enfant's innovative plan of 1791, along with later developments, symbolizes and encourages democratic freedoms and traditions. In the spaces of Capitol Square, citizens expect to encounter their government directly in a dignified setting, a symbolic public forum. On the White House grounds they expect to meet the president where he works and lives. At the National Mall - America's front lawn - citizens exercise their rights of assembly and free speech, as well as play football, eat lunch, and socialize."
"From historic Lincoln Square, Dupont Circle, and Judiciary Square to the newly developed Freedom Plaza, Pershing Park, and Market Square, Bednar's study provides a fresh perspective on the role of public space in the expression of democratic ideals."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Publisher description

ISBN:

0801883180 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780801883187 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825.
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles 1754-1825
Platz, ...
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles.
City planning Washington (D.C.) History.
Public spaces Washington (D.C.)
Open spaces Washington (D.C.)
Landscape architecture Washington (D.C.)
Plazas Washington (D.C.)
Parks Washington (D.C.)
Urban landscape architecture Washington (D.C.)
Villes Embellissement États-Unis Washington (D.C.)
Espaces publics Washington (D.C.)
Espaces verts Washington (D.C.)
Paysage urbain Washington (D.C.)
Places Washington (D.C.)
Parcs Washington (D.C.)
Architecture du paysage Washington (D.C.)
Urban landscape architecture
Buildings
City planning
Landscape architecture
Open spaces
Parks
Plazas
Public spaces
Travel
Architektur
Stadtplanung
Stadtlandschaft
Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Washington (D.C.) Description and travel.
Washington (D.C.) Constructions.
Washington (D.C.) Descriptions et voyages.
Washington (D.C.)
Washington, DC

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277051
Call No.: BIB 211701
Status: Available