This lively and informative guide offers tourists; residents; and architecture aficionados alike insights into more than 400 of Washington; D.C.’s; most important landmarks. Organized into 19 discrete tours; this thoroughly redesigned and updated edition includes 45 new entries; encompassing the House of Sweden and the U.S. Institute of Peace; classic buildings that epitomize the city—the White House; the Capitol; Union Station—and a number of private buildings off the beaten path.G. Martin Moeller; Jr.; blends informed; concise descriptions with engaging commentary on each landmark; revealing often-surprising details of the buildings history and design. Every entry is accompanied by a photograph and includes the structures location; its architects and designers; and the corresponding dates of completion. Each entry is keyed to an easy-to-read map at the beginning of the tour.From the imposing monuments of Capitol Hill and the Mall to the pastoral suburban enclaves of Foxhall and Cleveland Park; from small memorials to vast commercial and institutional complexes; this guide shows us a Washington that is at once excitingly fresh and comfortably familiar.
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