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Grand Avenues: The Story of the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.
Grand Avenues The Story of the French Visionary Who Designed Washington DC
Author: Scott W. Berg
As tourists to the city always sense, Washington, D.C., is a monument to urban planning on a grand and formal scale. The original city plan was created by Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a foreign volunteer in America's Revolutionary War, who was commissioned by George Washington to shape a blueprint for a future U.S. capital. L'Enfant designed a city ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375422805
ISBN-10: 0375422803
Publication Date: 2/13/2007
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Hardcover
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