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Capital losses : a cultural history of Washington's destroyed buildings
"Before the passage of critical preservation legislation in 1978, the Nation's Capital lost an irreplaceable assembly of architecturally and culturally significant buildings. Wanton destruction in the name of progress - particularly in the decades immediately following World War II - resul...
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2003.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Capital losses : |b a cultural history of Washington's destroyed buildings |c James M. Goode |
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| 260 | |a Washington : |b Smithsonian Books, |c 2003. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Pt. I. |t Residential -- |g 1. |t Federal Faces: Georgian and Federal Houses -- |g 2. |t Classical Interlude: Greek Revival Houses -- |g 3. |t Age of Romanticism: Early Victorian Houses -- |g 4. |t Gaslight and Gilt: Late Victorian Houses -- |g 5. |t The City Beautiful: Post-1890 Houses -- |g 6. |t The Domestic Scale: Row Houses -- |g 7. |t The Transient City: Hotels and Apartment Houses -- |g Pt. II. |t Nonresidential -- |g 8. |t Steeped in Glory: Churches -- |g 9. |t For Members Only: Clubs and Organizations -- |g 10. |t Capital Commerce: Commercial Buildings -- |g 11. |t Uncle Sam's Workrooms: Early Government Buildings -- |g 12. |t The Expanding Bureaucracy: Post-Civil War Government Buildings -- |g 13. |t Nine to Five: Office Buildings -- |g 14. |t Grease Paint and Celluloid: Theaters -- |g 15. |t For Mind and Body: Schools and Hospitals -- |g 16. |t A Moving Experience: Transportation Buildings -- |g 17. |t Hooks and Ladders: Fire Stations -- |g 18. |t "Tempos" in War and Peace: Temporary Government Buildings -- |g 19. |t Forgotten Fragments: Street Furniture. |
| 520 | 1 | |a "Before the passage of critical preservation legislation in 1978, the Nation's Capital lost an irreplaceable assembly of architecturally and culturally significant buildings. Wanton destruction in the name of progress - particularly in the decades immediately following World War II - resulted in a legacy forever lost, a cultural heritage destroyed by the wrecker's ball." "In originally documenting 252 of these historic losses, the publication of Capital Losses a quarter century ago created a clarion call for preservationists. By reminding us of things lost, James Goode's magisterial and poignant study represented a comprehensive call for action, a mandate for responsible stewardship of the architectural legacy of Washington, D.C. In the decades since, rising public awareness and the passage of the Historic District and Historic Landmark Protection Act in 1978 have slowed the pace of thoughtless destruction. But as this completely new and updated edition of Capital Losses demonstrates, vigilance remains the watchword, especially as pressures for urban growth continue to intensify." "Capital Losses reveals the Washington that was and how it became what it is today. This updated edition includes eighteen more treasures lost - among them Rhodes Tavern and Valley View - and ninety additional historic photographs. The 270 buildings featured here range from the earliest Georgian plantation house to the latest art deco commercial structure and include private houses, hotels, apartment houses, office and government buildings, schools, hospitals, churches, and fire stations." "Both the familiar public Washington of official landmarks and the private city of residential neighborhoods are paid tribute in this volume, dedicated to the vanished. A foreword by noted architectural historian Richard Longstreth brings the preservation story up to the present."--BOOK JACKET. | |
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