Format:
xiv, 333 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten, Pläne
ISBN:
9781421424873
,
1421424878
Content:
Project planning and construction efforts. Pierre L'Enfant's two plans for executing the president's vision -- Financing the Federal City : the difficulty of collecting adequate funds -- Constructing the Federal City : gathering materials and workers -- Developing a commercial center: harbor navigation and river improvements -- Early infrastructure and transport improvements -- Building military defenses for the capital -- Building campaigns: a timeline of Washington, D.C.'s first fifty years. The first public building campaign (1791-1802): clashing commissioners and -- Workers -- The second public building campaign (1803-1811): the president and the architect -- The third public building campaign (1815-1824): rebuilding the Federal City -- Later transportation improvements: canals and aqueducts -- Epilogue: building a new Federal City
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 297-322
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781421424880
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1421424886
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Kapsch, Robert James, 1942 - Building Washington Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018 ISBN 9781421424880
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Washington, DC
;
Stadtplanung
;
Geschichte 1790-1840
;
Washington, DC
;
Städtebau
;
Architektur
;
Geschichte 1790-1840
