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    Gutheim, Frederick [Frederick Albert Gutheim], 1908-1993. National Capital Planning Commission. David M. Childs (Foreword). Robert C. Lautman, 1923-2009 (photographer). Hubert Leckie, 1913-1993 (book designer).

    Verlag: Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1977., 1977

    ISBN 10: 0874744962ISBN 13: 9780874744965

    Anbieter: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, USA

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    First edition (not stated). xviii, 417 pages. Hardcover: H 26.25cm x L 22.5cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; shallow chipping at spine head; nicks and a few short tears as well as some creasing at other edges. Blue cloth with bright white stamping to spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. With tan endpapers, double page color photo as background for title, August 1977 Foreword by National Capital Planning Commission Chairman David M. Childs on page vii, Author's Note, "Prologue: The Washington Plan in Past and Present," "Photographic Essay: The National Capital City" (pages 5-10), numerous b/w photographs throughout (many by Robert C. Lautman), other b/w illustrations, "Epilogue: The New Washington," "Photographic Essay: Faces and Forms of Washington," Bibliographic Essay, Acknowledgements, and Index. Features fifteen chapters titled as: "The Planned Central City 1790-1800;" "The Port City 1800-1860;" "The Civil War 1860-1865;" "The Postbellum City 1865-1900;" "The McMillan Plan 1901-1902;" "Toward Metropolis 1902-1926;" "The Year of Decision 1926;" "The Early National Capital Park and Planning Commission 1926-1933;" "The New Deal in Planning 1933-1941;" "World War Ii and Postwar Years 1941-1952;" "The Turnaround 1952-1960;" "Mobility 1920-1976;" "New Agendas in Policies and Comprehensive Plans 1960-1968;" "The Redevelopment Theme 1945-1976;" and "The Metropolitan Region Theme 1945-1976." Although much has occurred since it was first published, Gutheim's WORTHY OF THE NATION remains the definitive book regarding the history of urban planning for the District of Columbia. Educated at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago, Frederick Gutheim enjoyed a long career as a city planner, urban historian, and architectural critic and was on the faculty at the University of Michigan, Williams College, George Washington University, and Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Gutheim maybe best known for his book THE POTOMAC which was part of the Rivers of America series but wrote, co-authored, and edited other books on planning, history, and architecture including two monographs regarding Frank Lloyd Wright. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.75 pounds (2.15 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0874744962.