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Worthy of the nation : the history of planning for the national capital /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United States. National Capital Planning Commission.
Contributors: Gutheim, Frederick Albert, 1908-1993.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1977.
Series:National Capital Planning Commission historical studies
Subjects and Genres:
City planning > Washington (D.C.) > History.
City planning > United States.
Urbanisme > États-Unis.
Urbanisme > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire.
City planning.
Washington (D.C.)
Government publications
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The Washington Plan in Past and Present
  • Photographic Essay: The National Capital City
  • The Planned Central 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, 1902-1926
  • The Early National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1926-1933
  • The Dew Deal in Planning, 1933-1941
  • World War II and Postwar Years, 1941-1952
  • The Turnaround, 1952-1960
  • Mobility, 1920-1976
  • New Agendas in Policies and Comprehensive Plans, 1960-1968
  • The Redevelopment Theme, 1945-1976
  • The Metropolitan Region Theme, 1945-1976
  • Epilogue: The New Washington
  • Photographic Essay: Faces and Forms of Washington
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Index.

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