Worthy of the nation : Washington, DC, from L'Enfant to the National Capital Planning Commission / [United States National Capital Planning Commission] ; Frederick Gutheim, Antoinette J. Lee ; foreword by Laura Bush.

Main entry:

United States. National Capital Planning Commission.

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Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Description:

x, 430 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-417) and index.
Prologue: The place of Washington in national memory -- The planned capital 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, 1901-1926 -- The year of decision, 1926 -- Expansive planning visions, 1926-1933 -- The New Deal in planning, 1933-1941 -- World War II and postwar years, 1941-1952 -- Planning the city of tomorrow, 1952-1960 -- The environmentally conscious city and region, 1960-1975 -- Changing dynamics in the metropolitcan area, 1976-1990 -- The global capital city, 1991-present -- Epilogue: The national capital city in the new century.

Summary:

"When Worthy of the Nation first appeared in 1977, it won much acclaim for its comprehensive treatment of Washington's design and urban development. Now the story has been brought up to the present, tracing the first thirty years of home rule for the District through the completion of the National Museum of the American Indian and the World War II Memorial in the early twenty-first century"--Jacket.

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ISBN:

9780801883286 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0801883288 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

City planning Washington (D.C.) History.
City planning.
Washington (D.C.)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Gutheim, Frederick Albert, 1908-1993.
Lee, Antoinette J. (Antoinette Josephine)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248884
Call No.: BIB 178447
Status: Available

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