The Mall in Washington, 1791-1991 (Second Edition)
Edition: 2 Sub edition
Publisher: NGW-Stud Hist Art
Published: January 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780300095371
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Local history; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Urban Architecture; Architecture; District of Columbia (Washington, DC); Planning; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; U.S. Architecture - General; Architecture / Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; History - General; Buildings, structures, etc.; City planning; Congresses; History; Mall, The (Washington, D.C.); Washington (D.C.)
First sentence: Everyone knows the Mall, that great core of the federal precinct envisioned in the 1791 plan for Washington, D.C., by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant and realized in varying, sometimes divergent, forms during the two hundred years since that plan was prepared.