Designing the nation's capital
Subtitle: the 1901 plan for Washington, D.C.
By: Sue Kohler and Pamela Scott, editors.
Contributors: Kohler, Sue A.; Scott, Pamela, 1944-; United States. Commission of Fine Arts.
Publisher: U.S. Commission of Fine  Arts; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780160752230
Subjects: Architecture -- Washington (D.C.) -- 20th century; City planning -- Washington (D.C.); Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Other titles: 1901 plan for Washington, D.C.
Notes: Shipping list no.: 2007-0014-S.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-335)
Table of contents: title: The Senate Park Commission plan for Washington, D.C. : a new vision for the capital and the nation / Jon A. Peterson; title: The American Institute of Architects convention of 1900 : its influence on the Senate Park Commission plan / Tony P. Wrenn; title: "A city designed as a work of art" : the emergence of the Senate Park Commission's monumental core / Pamela Scott; title: Beyond the mall : the Senate Park Commission's plans for Washington's park system / Timothy Davis; title: Plates; title: Agriculture, architects, and the mall, 1901-1905 : the plan is tested / Dana G. Dalrymple; title: The commission of fine arts : implementing the Senate Park Commission's vision / Sue Kohler; title: "Beloved ancien" : William T. Partridge's recollections of the Senate Park Commission and the subsequent mall development / Kurt G.F. Helfrich.