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Worthy of the Nation: Washington, DC, from L’Enfant to the National Capital Planning Commission

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When Worthy of the Nation first gave the impression in 1977, it won much acclaim for its comprehensive remedy of Washington’s design and urban development. Now the story has been brought as much as 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 within the early twenty-first century.

Frederick Gutheim and Antoinette J. Lee begin with L’Enfant’s survey of 1791, the uneven growth of Washington City as an early port, its rapid expansion throughout the Civil War, and the McMillan Plan of 1901–1902, inspired by the City Beautiful movement. They imagine the close relationship between the growth in national ambitions and responsibilities and the density of the governmental presence―offices, facilities, military outposts, parks, and multiplying statuary and memorials. Gutheim and Lee also survey residential communities, commercial districts, and transportation infrastructure. They outline quite a lot of efforts to shape and channel the phenomenal growth of the city throughout the twentieth century, including controversial attempts to rehabilitate some neighborhoods at the same time as in large part destroying others within the name of urban renewal.

Illustrated with plans, maps, and new and historic photographs, the second one edition of Worthy of the Nation provides researchers and general readers with an appealing and authoritative view of the planning and evolution of the federal district.


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