[DOC] [TLE] History of Capitol Hill | Architect of the Capitol | United States Capitol [PAR] French engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant was charged with planning the new city 
of Washington. He located the U.S. Capitol Building at the elevated east end of 
the National Mall, on the brow of what was then called Jenkins' Hill. The site was, 
in L'Enfant's words, "a pedestal waiting for a monument." As the country grew so... [DOC] [TLE] Capitol(ine) Hill  Historic District [PAR] Aug 8, 2012 ... In Rome, it's called the Capitoline Hill - or Capitolium in the original Latin, and ... 
smallest, it was the symbolic center of the ancient city, both spiritually and 
politically. ... of the city and its irascible planner, the French engineer Pierre 
Charles L'Enfant. ... As he said, it was a pedestal waiting for a monument.. [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Capitol [PAR] City planner Pierre L'Enfant selected a spot called Jenkins Hill for the site of the 
U.S. Capitol. He called it a "pedestal waiting for a monument." The site also was... [DOC] [TLE] WASHINGTON D.C.: A MONUMENTAL CITY CELEBRATES 200 ... [PAR] Jun 2, 1991 ... He did, and the Residence Bill, passed on July 26, 1790, called for a ... L'Enfant's 
design consisted of a series of circles, squares and ... At the center of his plans 
was Jenkins Hill, a site he declared "a pedestal waiting for a monument," ... 
Unfortunately for the city planner, Carroll was the nephew of one of... [DOC] [TLE] The United States Capitol See where history is made - eTravelTrips ... [PAR] Jul 25, 2012 ... ... by city planner Pierre L'Enfant, who noted that Jenkins Hill, which rose 88 feet 
above the level of the Potomac, was a pedestal waiting for a monument. ... 
Below the Rotunda, the cryptically named Crypt (which has never... [DOC] [TLE] Washington, DC Travel Itinerary-- TEXT ONLY VERSION [PAR] The plan of the city of Washington was designed in 1791 by Pierre L'Enfant, and 
... In total, the forward-looking plans made by the McMillan Commission called for
: ... west end of Jenkin's Hill which he described as " a pedestal waiting for a 
monument. ... The planning for the Federal Triangle was one of the last City 
Beautiful... [DOC] [TLE] ``Here, sir, the people Govern.'' - Page 2 - tribunedigital-baltimoresun [PAR] Sep 18, 1993 ... The original House Chamber is today called Statuary Hall. ... But not seeing the 
grandeur he'd expected for the Capitol, city planner Pierre Charles L'Enfant 
called its hill site "a pedestal waiting for a monument." A year later... [DOC] [TLE] SO MANY CAUSES, SO LITTLE ROOM - The Washington Post [PAR] Jun 23, 1991 ... TWO CENTURIES ago, when Pierre L'Enfant laid out the federal city, he called 
Jenkins Hill "a pedestal waiting for a monument." L'Enfant turned it into Capitol 
Hill, where today the monuments wait for pedestals. ... The National Capital 
Planning Commission (NCPC) is a stolid public body that interprets (but... [DOC] [TLE] The Capitol BuildiNg - US Capitol Visitor Center [PAR] Washington D.C., L'Enfant created a plan for the city that included a place for the 
Capitol building on Jenkins Hill that he called a pedestal waiting for a monument
. ... appointed commissioners and told them to employ Pierre L'Enfant to create. [DOC] [TLE] Topography [PAR] "Jenkins Hill was all that L'Enfant was writing to Philadelphia about" (p41 Ar.). ... 
other lands between Georgetown and the stream heretofore called the Tyber as 
... While Jefferson may have contributed to the planning of the new Federal City, it 
is ... Thomas Jefferson and Pierre L'Enfant are clear that although L'Enfant had... [DOC] [TLE] Congressional Record | Congress.gov | Library of Congress [PAR] Apr 30, 2002 ... ... to the top of what was known as Jenkin's Hill, a place Pierre Charles L'Enfant, 
the city's planner called ``a pedestal waiting for a monument. [DOC] [TLE] US Capitol, Washington - Worldsiteguides.com [PAR] Pierre Charles L'Enfant was made responsible for creating a

Question: The city's planner, Pierre L' Enfant, called this hill "A pedestal waiting for a monument"
Answer: Capitol Hill