TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berg,Scott W
TI  - Grand avenues: the story of the French visionary who designed Washington, D.C. 
SN  - 9781400076222 (pbk.)
AV  - NA 9085.L47 B47.2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage Books
KW  - L'Enfant, Pierre Charles,
KW  - Infante, Pierre Charles
KW  - City planning
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Plano de la Ciudad de Washington -
KW  - Historia -
KW  - Siglo XVIII
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [303]-311) e índice; A note on L'Enfant's English -- A pedestal waiting for a superstructure -- An infinity of small moments -- A powerful friend among the princes of the earth -- The remembrance of my former services -- In every respect advantageously situated -- A plan wholly new -- The wheel to give motion to the machine -- The whole leveled and thrown to the ground -- Measures of the most immediate moment -- An implicit conformity to his will -- The disappointment of absolute dues -- Getting the go by -- A share in the undertaking -- The assurance of things hoped for
N2  - A portrait of French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant, set against the backdrop of the design of the nation's capital, describes his service under George Washington during the Revolution, plans for the capital, and dismissal from the project
ER  -