L'Enfant's Plan and Public Open Spaces

L'Enfant plan image from one of those DC neckties, probably Matthew Gilmore owns it, among others.

From DC1974:

L'Enfant's Legacy: Public Open Spaces
Tuesday, January 9, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
National Building Musem

Washington is a dual city composed of the federal core's monuments and grandeur and the everyday city's downtown and neighborhoods - both supported by and connected with a system of avenues and open spaces. Michael Bednar, senior professor of architecture at the University of Virginia, will discuss the parts of Washington tourists may not visit, and how the system of democratic, public open spaces has served residents during the two centuries since its inception.

After the lecture and during a reception hosted by the UVA School of Architecture Foundation, he will sign copies of his book L'Enfant's Legacy: Public Open Spaces in Washington, DC (John Hopkins University Press).

This lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition Washington: Symbol & City, which will be open for viewing.
$12 Museum members and students; $20 nonmembers.

Index Keywords: urban-design-placemaking