More than monumental: Washington’s tallest, grandest, shiniest and brutalist buildings
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Washington’s architecture mixes myriad styles in a unique setting of public and private spaces. By Michael O’Sullivan and Stephanie Merry.
Charles Dickens once called Washington a city of "magnificent intentions." To some degree, that's true. The symbolism of Pierre L'Enfant's original plan for the U.S. capital -- a literal evocation of our young nation's faith in the power of orderly democracy and idealism -- is still visible in the city's tightly gridded streetscape, grand monuments and temples of power, all surrounding, and emanating from, the wide-open expanse of the Mall. But since 1791, L'Enfant's formal garden of a city has sprouted some interesting weeds. Tastes -- and people -- have changed, transforming the four quadrants. Courtesy of Don Alexander Hawkins
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