District of Columbia

A walking tour through Washington D.C. history can feel like a stroll across the nation itself. Home to so many masters of American art forms and repositories of its culture, the city presents countless landmarks of national tragedy and milestones of countrywide struggle. But some capital lore is distinct to the district. Dig up D.C.’s agrarian roots and explore the wilderness of Rock Creek Park. One spin round Dupont Circle in finery from Woodies might feel like a trip across state lines, but you’re still in the same neighborhood of our District of Columbia history book catalogue. [View all District of Columbia books]
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Classical Architecture and Monuments of Washington, D.C.
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Bridges of Washington, D.C.
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St. Elizabeths in Washington, D.C.
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Classical Architecture and Monuments of Washington, D.C.

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For architecture aficinados and historians, this comprehensive view of the statues, monuments and architectural plans of Washington DC provides an exciting insight into our federal city.


Author Michael Curtis guides this tour of the heart of the District of Columbia's buildings, statues, and monuments. Classical design formed our nation's capital. The soaring Washington Monument, the columns of the Lincoln Memorial and the spectacular dome of the Capitol Building speak to the founders' expansive vision of our federal city. Learn about the L'Enfant and McMillan plans for Washington, D.C., and how those designs are reflected in two hundred years of monuments, museums and representative government. View the statues of our Founding Fathers with the eye of a sculptor and gain insight into the criticism and controversies of modern additions to Washington's monumental structure.

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Bridges of Washington, D.C.

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Explore the history of our nation's capital through this history of its bridges.

In the late 1700s, the first bridges, now completely gone, connected the new Federal City to the outside world. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, more and bigger crossings arose to support industry, allow the expansion of suburbs, commemorate cultural and civic leaders, and enhance the aesthetics of the District’s waterfronts and parks. Although the city abandoned civic-minded, commemorative, and monumental constructions for utilitarian highway monoliths in the mid-twentieth century, a recent renaissance has seen a welcome shift to walkability and beauty instead of brute utility.

Using the city’s bridges as an index of the times, author and D.C. native Bob Dover tracks the growth, decay, and rebirth of the District from the 1750s to today.


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