The National Mall: Rethinking Washington's Monumental Core (Hardcover)

Foreword
Introduction
Part I: The Design of the Mall
Chapter 1. The Idea of the American Mall
Chapter 2. American Renaissance: Charles Follen McKim and the Aesthetic Ideal
Chapter 3. When Dignity and Beauty Were the Order of the Day: The Contribution of Daniel H. Burnham
Chapter 4. "A Simple Space of Turf": Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.'s Idea for the Mall
Part II: The Nation's Gathering Place
Chapter 5. The People's Home Ground
Chapter 6. Washington as a Pilgrimage Site
Chapter 7. Culture of, by, and for the People: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Part III: Monuments for the Future
Chapter 8. Monuments, Modernism, and the Mall
Chapter 9. Turning Point: The Problematics of Building on the Mall Today
Chapter 10. Planning beyond the Monumental Core
Biographical Notes
A Chronology of the Mall
Notes
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index