The Improvement Of The Park System Of The District Of Columbia

Author : Charles Moore
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ISBN 13 : 9781332274383
Total Pages : 304 pages
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Download or read book Park Improvement Papers written by Charles Moore and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Park Improvement Papers: A Series of Twenty Papers Relating to the Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia, Printed for the Use of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia I. Action of the Washington Board of Trade in Relation to the Park System of the District of Columbia. By W.V. Cox II. Action Toward the Establishment of an Arboretum. Correspondence between Mr. Albert M. Read, member of the committee on parks and reservations, Washington Board of Trade, and Frederick V. Coville, botanist, Department of Agriculture III. The Need of Additional Playgrounds, Parks, and Reservations. Statement of Columbia Heights Citizens' Association; statement of Washington Civic Center; statement of the Associated Charities and the Citizens' Relief Association; statement of the North Capitol and Eckington Citizens' Association; statement of the Takoma Park Citizens' Association IV. Fort Stevens, Where Lincoln was under Fire. By William V. Cox, chairman of the historical committee, Brightwood Citizens' Association V. Informal Hearing Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on the District of Columbia, United States Senate, Relative to the Appointment of the Park Commission VI. Notes on the Parks and their Connections. By Charles Moore. VII. Notes on the Establishment of a National Park in the District of Columbia, and the Acquirement and Improvement of the Valley of Rock Creek for Park Purposes. By William V. Cox VIII. Men on Horseback. A paper on the equestrian statuary in Washington, read before the Columbia Historical Society, by Mr. S. H. Kauffmann IX. Essay on the City of Washington. Reprinted from the Washington Gazette for November 19, 23, 26, and December 7, 1796. X. Informal Conference of the Park Improvement Commission of the District of Columbia, Held in the Room of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia on October 21, 1901. Remarks of Hon. Henry B. F. Macfarland, president, Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; remarks of Dr. S. P. Langley, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution XI. Extract from a paper on the Commercial Value of Beauty. By Daniel H. Burnham XII. Centennial Avenue. Editorials reprinted from the Evening Star About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.