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Rosenthal, James W.

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DC Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA); National Capital Park and Planning Commission; Pei, I M; Smith, Chloethiel Woodard; Goodman, Charles; Keyes, Lethbridge and Condon; Stone, Edward Durrell; Breuer, Marcel; Beckhard, Herbert; Holabird and Root; Curtis and Davis; Kiley, Dan; Sasaki, Dawson and DeMay; Weese, Harry; Lapidus, Harle and Liebman; Price, Virginia Barrett, transmitter; Ammon, Francesca Russello, historian
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VIEW LOOKING WEST ALONG FACADE OF FORRESTAL BUILDING AND ACROSS PLAZA - Southwest Washington, Urban Renewal Area, Bounded by Independence Avenue, Washington Avenue, South Capitol Street, Canal Street, P Street, Maine Avenue and Washington Channel, Fourteenth Street, D Street, and Twelfth Street, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date 2004
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS DC-856-15
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Southwest Washington, D.C., was the site of one of the earliest urban renewal efforts in the United States, and the first such renewal effort in the Nation's Capitol. While not the largest urban renewal project ever pursued in the District, it was the city's only full-scale and most comprehensive attempt to redevelop an entire neighborhood. ... Despite the national and international significance of the practices and site, as well as the prominence of the architects and planners involved, the realized New Southwest did not live up to the grand vision its developers had in mind. Consequently, today, many of the hallmark sites of the urban renewal plan - including L'Enfant Plaza, the Waterside Mall, and the waterfront - are marked for redevelopment. These plans, along with other smaller-scale developer initiatives, threaten to significantly alter, or even destroy, some of the urban renewal era buildings and sites. However, at the same time, they also offer hope of remedying some of the failures of urban renewal planning and execution and of improving the neighborhood's shortcomings for today's residents, workers, and visitors.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N993
  • Survey number: HABS DC-856
  • Building/structure dates: 1945-1973 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc1017.photos.207138p
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Camera location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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