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   October 30, 2007

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A Monument to Democracy

History of the Mall

Selected Bibliography

The Mall in Washington, 1791-1991, ed. Richard Longstreth, 1991

  • "This Vast Empire": The Iconography of the Mall, 1791-1848 by Pamela Scott
  • The Imperial Mall: The City Beautiful Movement and the Washington Plan of 1901-02 by Thomas S. Hines
  • The Mall, the McMillan Plan, and the Origins of American City Planning by Jon A. Peterson
  • The Olmsteds and the Landscape of the Mall by David C. Streatfield

John W. Reps, Monumental Washington: The Planning and Development of the Capital Center, Princeton, 1967

Frederick Gutheim and the National Capital Planning Commission, Worthy of the Nation: The History of Planning for the National Capital, Washington, 1977

The Commission of Fine Arts, A Brief History 1910-1990 by Sue Kohler

East and West Potomac Parks Historic District, Revised National Register of Historic Places Nomination (Prepared for the National Park Service, National Capital Region, by Robinson & Associates, Inc. in association with Architrave P.C. Architects) 16 July 1999

Cultural Landscape Report, West Potomac Park, Lincoln Memorial Grounds (National Capital Parks Central) August 1999, Part 1: Site History, Analysis and Evaluation and Design Guidelines

History prepared by:
Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D.
National Coalition to Save Our Mall
jfeldman@savethemall.org
March 13, 2004

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The National Mall


AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
   • The 1791 L'Enfant Plan and the Mall
   • The 19th Century and the McMillan Plan of 1901-1902
   • The Mall as Public Forum in the Twentieth Century
   • The Mall Today and the Need for Protection
   • Selected Bibliography

MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS ON THE MALL

WHO'S WHO ON THE MALL

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

SECURITY PLAN
   July 11, 2002, NCPC Releases Security Plan for Public Comment
   August 2, 2002, Coalition Seeks Extension of Public Comment Period
   • Read the Plan


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