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Author: John R. Wennersten Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 162584929X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 141
Book Description
The waters of the Potomac and the Anacostia Rivers surround and define the nation's capital. For centuries, these rivers have been manipulated environments--transformed by native populations, settlers, politicians and real estate developers. With docks and wharves extending from the Anacostia River to Georgetown, the architect of the young capital, Pierre L'Enfant, planned to develop the waterfront into a prosperous inland seaport. Decades later, the Civil War took a devastating toll on the District's maritime economy with civilian port facilities pressed into military service and the failure of many riverfront plantations. Author John R. Wennersten explores this early history of Washington, D.C.'s waterfront even as he tackles its twentieth-century redevelopment and the challenges the rivers face today.
Author: John R. Wennersten Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 162584929X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 141
Book Description
The waters of the Potomac and the Anacostia Rivers surround and define the nation's capital. For centuries, these rivers have been manipulated environments--transformed by native populations, settlers, politicians and real estate developers. With docks and wharves extending from the Anacostia River to Georgetown, the architect of the young capital, Pierre L'Enfant, planned to develop the waterfront into a prosperous inland seaport. Decades later, the Civil War took a devastating toll on the District's maritime economy with civilian port facilities pressed into military service and the failure of many riverfront plantations. Author John R. Wennersten explores this early history of Washington, D.C.'s waterfront even as he tackles its twentieth-century redevelopment and the challenges the rivers face today.
Author: Robert Benedetto Publisher: Scarecrow Press ISBN: 9780810840942 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 398
Book Description
"The introduction, in narrative style, summarizes the history of government and economy, cultural life, education, parks, construction of the national capital, the war of 1812 and the growth of the city, the Great Depression, the war years, the civil rights movement, and urban problems. A chronology and substantial bibliography round out this work."--Jacket.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Labor, Social Services, and the International Community Publisher: ISBN: Category : Alexandria (Va.) Languages : en Pages : 132
Author: Paul K. Williams Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738542195 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
Southwest Washington, D.C., is a defined neighborhood even without a proper name; the quadrant has a clear border southwest of the U.S. Capitol Building, nestled along the oldest waterfront in the city. Its physical delineations have defined it as a community for more than 250 years, beginning in the mid-1700s with emerging farms. By the mid-1800s, a thriving urban, residential, and commercial neighborhood was supported by the waterfront where Washingtonians bought seafood and produce right off the boats. In the 1920s and 1930s, an aging housing stock and an overcrowded city led to an increase of African Americans and Jewish immigrants who became self-sufficient within their own communities. However, political pressures and radical urban planning concepts in the 1950s led to the large-scale razing of most of SW, creating a new community with what was then innovative apartment and cooperative living constructed with such unusual building materials as aluminum.
Author: John R. Wennersten
Author: John R. Wennersten
Author: United States. Commission of Fine Arts
Author: United States. Commission on Fine Arts
Author: United States. Commission of Fine Arts
Author: Robert Benedetto
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Labor, Social Services, and the International Community
Author: Robert E. Haynes
Author: Garnett P. Williams
Author: United States. National Capital Planning Commission
Author: Paul K. Williams