Frederick Gutheim (1908--1993) was a planner, urban historian, architecture critic, and lifelong Washingtonian. Antoinette J. Lee is a historian of Washington, DC, and its environs.
Foreword | p. vii |
National Capital Planning Commission: A Note from the Chairman | p. ix |
Prologue: The Place of Washington in National Memory | p. 2 |
The Planned Capital City, 1790-1800 | p. 8 |
The Port City, 1800-1860 | p. 36 |
The Civil War, 1860-1865 | p. 62 |
The Postbellum City, 1865-1900 | p. 76 |
The McMillan Plan, 1901-1902 | p. 118 |
Toward Metropolis, 1901-1926 | p. 144 |
The Year of Decision, 1926 | p. 166 |
Expansive Planning Visions, 1926-1933 | p. 192 |
The New Deal in Planning, 1933-1941 | p. 220 |
World War II and Postwar Years, 1941-1952 | p. 234 |
Planning the City of Tomorrow, 1952-1960 | p. 256 |
The Environmentally Conscious City and Region, 1960-1975 | p. 286 |
Changing Dynamics in the Metropolitan Area, 1976-1990 | p. 316 |
The Global Capital City, 1991-Present | p. 346 |
Epilogue: The National Capital City in the New Century | p. 374 |
Acknowledgments | p. 388 |
Bibliographic Essay | p. 390 |
Index | p. 418 |
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