Daniel H. Burnham, architect, planner of cities (1921)
Moore, Charles, 1855-1942, Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912 · Boston : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 70
r: Destruction of a thousand magnificent trees, among thefinest in the world; the moving of the Smithsonian Institutionand the buildings in the Botanical Gardens, lowering the gradein parts of the Mall eleven feet, in direct opposition to theoriginal plans of Alexander R. Shepherd and A. G.… … ItKlttS! ■■.■.■■-■■■■-.■■■•■■■■ •■^fSIlwS THE GRANT MEMORIAL 27 At the last session of Congress permission was given to theself-constituted park commission to erect the statue on anunoccupied part of the Botanical Gardens. Without anyflourish of trumpets, almost by stealth, it is said, the…
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912 · City planning
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