Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Development of Washington, With Special Reference to the Lincoln Memorial: Address by Glenn Brown, Before the Washington Chamber of Commerce, December 13, 1910
The Park Commission's report on Washington City was presented January 15, 1907 The recommendations for the future development of Washington consisted in suggestions for the grouping of future Federal buildings and important monuments in the center of the city, for new park areas necessary to preserve features of natural beauty or to en hance the natural landscape, and lastly suggestions for the most feasible and artistic con meeting links between the parks. The report forms an admirable type for other communi ties to follow as its strength lies in offering a broad and comprehensive composition in which each detail is given its relative value.
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