The Federal City : plans & realities : the history Frederick Gutheim ; the exhibition, Wilcomb E. Washburn ; [sponsored by] Smithsonian Institution, National Capital Planning Commission, Commission of Fine Arts

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Gutheim, Frederick Albert, 1908-1993, author.

Contributor:

Washburn, Wilcomb E.

Smithsonian Institution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Washington (D.C.)--Exhibitions.

City planning.

City planning--Washington (D.C.)--History.

Cities and towns--United States--Exhibitions.

Cities and towns.

Cities and towns--United States--History.

Sociology, Urban--Washington (D.C.).

Sociology, Urban.

Washington (D.C.).

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976.

Summary:

History of Washington D.C. and its city planning.

Contents:

The history: Washington panorama: a brief view of the planned capital city. The Washington plan ; 1790-1800: designing the city ; 1800-1860: the port city ; 1860-1865: the Civil War ; 1865-1900: the postbellum city ; 1900-1926: the metropolitan city ; 1926-1960: the regional city ; 1961-1976: the continuing plan ; Historical panorama: two centuries of planning

The exhibition: The federal city: plans and realities. The federal city ; Planning Washington ; Elements of planning ; The monumental core ; "The power to stir men's minds" ; Bibliography for the exhibition ; Catalog of the exhibition.

Notes:

Exhibition held at the Smithsonian Institution.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gutheim, Frederick Albert, 1908-1993. Federal City.

OCLC:

1992534