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9781647121563 Academic Inspection Copy

Sixteenth Street NW

Washington, DC's Avenue of Ambitions
  • ISBN-13: 9781647121563
  • Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By John DeFerrari, By Douglas Peter Sefton
  • Price: AUD $67.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 28/05/2022
  • Format: Hardback (241.00mm X 165.00mm) 312 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Local history [WQH]
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DeFerrari and Sefton have created a highly illustrated architectural "biography" of one of DC's most important boulevards. From the front door of the White House, this north-south artery runs through the middle of the DC and extends just past its border with Maryland, making it as central to the cityscape as it is to DC's history and culture.
John DeFerrari is a native Washingtonian with a lifelong passion for local history, which he writes about on his blog, Streets of Washington. He is the author of Capital Streetcars: Early Mass Transit in Washington, DC; Historic Restaurants of Washington, DC: Capital Eats; and Lost Washington, DC. Douglas Peter Sefton is an architectural historian, creator of the preservation website Victorian Secrets of Washington, DC, and a member of the board of trustees of the DC Preservation League.
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Planning a Grand Avenue 2. Sixteenth Street from the Gilded Age to the "City Beautiful" 3. Mary Foote Henderson and the Rise of Meridian Hill 4. Sixteenth Street in the Automobile Age 5. Moderne and Modern: The 1930s and 1940s 6. Mid-Century Upheaval Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors
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