architectural history of Washington
Augustus St. Gaudens public art
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Charles F. McKim architectural contributions
City Beautiful movement history
commemorative monument placement
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D.C. architectural design
D.C. landmarks
Daniel H. Burnham urban projects
design principles of early modernist urbanism
development of U.S. capital city
early 20th-century urban planning
early American city-planning movement
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European influence on American city planning
federal government urban projects
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. landscape architecture
historic maps and photographs
historical survey of Washington
historical urban design case studies
implementation of landmark urban plans
influence of World's Fair architects
integration of landscape and architecture
interdisciplinary urban planning analysis
major urban com
Mall relandscaping projects
McMillan Commission urban plan
memorial site planning
monumental core redesign
municipal office complex design
national capital beautification
national capital park system
park and recreation system development
Pennsylvania Avenue redevelopment
planning for federal government districts
political context of urban planning
precedent-setting American urban design
public space planning in capitals
railway consolidation and urban renewal
recreational space development
slum clearance and city modernization
turn-of-the-century city beautification
urban planning legislation
urban reform and civic aesthetics
urban transformation in the early 1900s
Washington
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- ISBN 9780160752230
- Weight: 1490g
- Dimensions: 254 x 253mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 2007
- Publisher: United States Government Printing Office,U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1901, the United States Senate, inspired by the City Beautiful movement of the late nineteenth century, appointed a commission to formulate a new architectural plan for the development of the nation's capital. Under the leadership of Senator James McMillan of Michigan, the Senate Park Commission brought together three of the country's leading architects and urban planners - Daniel H. Burnham, the former director of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago; landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.; and architect Charles F. McKim - as well as sculptor Augustus St.-Gaudens. During a ten-month period that included a six-week tour of European cities, the McMillan Commission drafted a plan aimed at making Washington one of the most beautiful capitals in the world by redesigning its monumental core and creating new parklands on reclaimed land.
The plan called for relandscaping the Mall; creating dramatic sites for memorials west and south of the Washington Monument; consolidating railway lines and clearing slums; designing a coordinated municipal office complex in the triangle formed by Pennsylvania Avenue, 15th Street, and the Mall; and establishing a comprehensive recreation and park system around the city. In this book, distinguished scholars from a variety of fields reconstruct the story of the 1901 plan for Washington, D.C. They discuss the events leading up to the formation of the Senate Park Commission, the political setting in which it embarked on its work, the decision-making process that led to its final recommendations, and the early years of its implementation. More than 100 photographs and maps complement the text, illustrating why the McMillan Plan quickly became a benchmark for modern urban design and triggered a national city-planning movement. In addition to the volume editors, contributors include Dana G. Dalrymple, Timothy Davis, Kurt G. F. Helfrich, Jon A. Peterson, and Tony P. Wrenn.
SUE KOHLER, for many years the historian at the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, is the author of The Commission of Fine Arts: A Brief History. PAMELA SCOTT, an independent scholar and author, teaches the history of Washington architecture for Cornell University in Washington, D.C. Her latest book is Capital Engineers, a history of the Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C.
