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

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

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

Contents

• Report of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia: 7
• Report of the Park Commission: 23
• The Mal l system: 35
• The grouping of the buildings of the Executive Departments: 63
• Treatment of minor rcscn niions: 79
• The larger parks and their connections: 83
• The section west of Rock Creek: 91
• The section east of Rock Creek: 99
• Anaeostia water park: 105
• The Fort drive: 111
• Washington embankment and Potomac Park: 117
• The Mount Vernon road: 122
• Appendix A public bathing places: 125
• 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: Report of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia. Report of the Park Commission; Issue 166 of Report, Report; Issue 166 of 57th Cong., 1st sess. Senate. Rept. no. 166
• 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