Designing the Nation's Capital: The 1901 Plan for Washington, D.C.

Contents

» Introduction

» Acknowledgments

» The Senate Park Commission Plan for Washington, D.C.: A New Vision for the Capital and the Nation

» The American Institute of Architects Convention of 1900: Its Influence on the Senate Park Commission Plan

» "A City Designed as a Work of Art": The Emergence of the Senate Park Commission's Monumental Core

» Beyond the Mall: The Senate Park Commission's Plans for Washington's Park System

» Agriculture, Architects, and the Mall, 1900-1905: The Plan is Tested

» The Commission of Fine Arts: Implementing the Senate Park Commission's Vision

» "Beloved Ancien": William T. Partridge's Recollections of the Senate Park Commission and the Subsequent Mall Development

DESIGNING THE NATION'S CAPITAL: The 1901 Plan for Washington, D.C.

DESIGNING THE NATION'S CAPITAL

THE 1901 PLAN FOR WASHINGTON, D.C.

book cover

Sue Kohler and Pamela Scott, Editors

U.S COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
Washington, D.C.
2006

ISBN: 0-16-075223-X

Last Modified: March 20, 2009