The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia: I.--Report of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia. II.--Report of the Park Commission

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902 - Parcs - 179 pages

Contents

• Report of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia: 7
• Report of the Park Commission: 23
• The Capitol division: 37
• The Mall 43: 40
• The Washington Monument division 47: 40
• The Memorial Bridge Analostan Island and the National Cemetery at Arlington 55: 40
• 75: 57
• Treatment of minor rcscn niions 79: 63
• The larger parks and their connections: 75
• The section west of Rock Creek: 89
• The section east of Rock Creek: 99
• Anaeostia water park: 104
• The Fort drive: 111
• Washington embankment and Potomac Park: 112
• The Mount Vernon road: 112
• Conclusion: 121
• Appendix B relation of the Anacostia dam to tidal scour: 131
• Appendix D a comparison of alternative plans for the treatment of Rock Creek valley: 137
• Appendix E botanical collection: 143
• Appendix G list of lands in the District of Columbia devoted to public use: 155
• Appendix H list of proposed additional reservations: 167

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia: I.--Report of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia. II.--Report of the Park Commission; Issue 166 of 57th Cong., 1st sess; Issue 166 of 57th Cong., 1st sess. Senate. Rept; Issue 166 of Report, United States Congress; The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia; The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia: I.--Report of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia. II.--Report of the Park Commission, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia
• Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia
• Editor: Charles Moore
• Contributor: District of Columbia. Park Commission
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jan 24, 2009
• Length: 179 pages