Designing the Nation's Capital: The 1901 Plan for Washington, D.C.
Designing the Nation's Capital: The 1901 Plan for Washington, D.C.
$39.95
Kohler, Sue and Pamela Scott
eds. Pap. Washington DC, 2007
Book ID: 73083
During a ten-month period that included a six-week tour of European cities, the McMillan Commission drafted a plan aimed at making Washington one of the most beautiful capitals in the world by redesigning its monumental core and creating new parklands on reclaimed land. In this book, distinguished scholars from a variety of fields reconstruct the story of the 1901 plan for Washington,D.C.
374 pp., 140 B&W, 16 color illus.