L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C.
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The L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. is the original late-18th-century urban design by Pierre Charles L’Enfant that laid out the U.S. capital’s grand radial avenues, ceremonial spaces, and monumental core.
Statements (48)
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| instanceOf |
city plan
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cultural heritage → historic district plan → planning document → urban plan → |
| appliesToCity |
Washington, D.C.
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| appliesToJurisdiction |
federal district of the United States
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| approvedBy |
George Washington
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| author |
Pierre Charles L’Enfant
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| commissionedBy |
George Washington
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| coordinateSystem |
orthogonal grid with diagonal avenues
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| country |
United States
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| designer |
Pierre Charles L’Enfant
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| fieldOfWork |
city design
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urban planning → |
| hasPart |
Capitol grounds
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President’s House grounds → The Mall → ceremonial spaces → circles and plazas → grid street system → monumental core → public squares → radial avenues → |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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National Register of Historic Places listing → |
| implementedInPart |
Washington, D.C. street layout
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| influenced |
McMillan Plan
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subsequent planning of Washington, D.C. → |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
District of Columbia
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| location |
District of Columbia
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| namedAfter |
Pierre Charles L’Enfant
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| notableFeature |
broad diagonal avenues named after states
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focus on symbolic relationships between institutions of government → grand ceremonial axis between Capitol and President’s House → |
| partOf |
development of the United States capital
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| planningPrinciple |
Baroque urban design
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axial composition → integration of public squares and avenues → vista preservation → |
| purpose |
to design the permanent seat of the government of the United States
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| significantPlace |
Capitol Hill
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National Mall → President’s Park → United States Capitol → White House → |
| startTime |
1791
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| timePeriod |
late 18th century
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Pennsylvania Avenue
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partOf |