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Author Berg, Scott W.

Title Grand avenues : the story of the French visionary who designed Washington, D.C. / Scott W. Berg
Published New York : Pantheon Books, 2006

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  711.4092 Lenfan Ber/Gat  DUE 21-04-24
Description 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents A note on L'Enfant's English -- 1. A pedestal waiting for a superstructure -- 2. An infinity of small moments -- 3. A powerful friend among the princes of the earth -- 4. The remembrance of my former services -- 5. In every respect advantageously situated -- 6. A plan wholly new -- 7. The wheel to give motion to the machine -- 8. The whole leveled and thrown to the ground -- 9. Measures of the most immediate moment -- 10. An implicit conformity to his will -- 11. The disappointment of absolute dues -- 12. Getting the go by -- 13. A share in the undertaking -- 14. The assurance of things hoped for -- Epilogue -- Notes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825.
City planners -- France -- Biography.
City planning -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 18th century.
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 2006021764
ISBN 9780375422805