Description
Book SynopsisThe model of what a concise, attractive guidebook should be.Mid-Atlantic CountryThis lively and informative guide offers tourists, residents, and architecture aficionados insights into nearly 450 of Washington, DC's, most noteworthy buildings and monuments. Organized into 19 discrete walking tours, plus one general tour of peripheral sites, this thoroughly revised sixth edition features projects ranging from early federal landmarks to twenty-first-century commercial, institutional, and residential buildings. It includes some 80 new entries covering dozens of recently completed buildings, along with some historic structures that may have been overlooked in the past. The guide also has updated maps, and many existing entries have been rewritten to reflect recent renovations, changes to the buildings' contexts, or additional scholarship. G. Martin Moeller, Jr., blends informed, concise descriptions with engaging commentary on each landmark, revealing surprising details of the buildings'
Trade ReviewLively and informative.Whether you are looking for a tour of must-see monuments or would like to discover emerging neighborhoods and their architectural gems, this book is the ultimate resource.
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Travel by ENTREESince 2006, when the AIA published the fourth edition, the book's author has been G. Martin Moeller Jr., a genial and knowledgeable guide.Moeller's entries stray well beyond design, engineering and materials. He is interested in the larger story of Washington—its social, symbolic and political history. He is opinionated, though his opinions are eminently reasonable and often entertaining.Visitors (and residents) who want to discover a history far richer than the usual pieties of the double-decker tour bus will profit from time with this guide. Put it in your bag, take the Metro to a stop from which you have never alighted, and start walking. The lessons learned will be far richer than a stroll on the Mall or down Pennsylvania Avenue.
—Philip Kennicott,
Washington PostTable of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Notes to the Reader
Introduction. The Architecture of Washington, DC, 1791–2021
Tours
A. Governmental Capitol Hill
B. The Mall
C. Near Southwest
D. Capitol Riverfront
E. Residential Capitol Hill
F. NoMa / Union Market
G. Judiciary Square / Mount Vernon Square / Penn Quarter
H. Pennsylvania Avenue
I. Downtown—East End
J. White House / Lafayette Square
K. Downtown—West End
L. Foggy Bottom
M. Georgetown
N. Foxhall
O. Sheridan-Kalorama / Massachusetts Avenue Heights
P. Dupont/Logan
Q. Shaw / U Street
R. Meridian Hill
S. Woodley Park / Cleveland Park / Van Ness
T. Other Buildings of Interest
Index
Photo Credits
