. Review of reviews and world's work. )id 680 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF PATENT OFFICE AND INTERIOR DEPARTMENT BUILDING growth of public institutions in and about Wash-ington, togetlier witli tliat of population, willsoon make it evident tliat tlie teri-itory on thewest side of the river ought to be controlled anddeveloped, as respects its street S3stem and its-various appointments, by tlie same enlightenedand generous authority that has beautified whatremains of the federal district, and made it asource of pleasure and pride to the whole nation. The new city was fortunate both i
. Review of reviews and world's work. )id 680 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF PATENT OFFICE AND INTERIOR DEPARTMENT BUILDING growth of public institutions in and about Wash-ington, togetlier witli tliat of population, willsoon make it evident tliat tlie teri-itory on thewest side of the river ought to be controlled anddeveloped, as respects its street S3stem and its-various appointments, by tlie same enlightenedand generous authority that has beautified whatremains of the federal district, and made it asource of pleasure and pride to the whole nation. The new city was fortunate both in its engi-neers and in its architects. Major Pierre CharlesLEnfant, a French engineer who had served inthe Revolutionary War, had most to do with lay-ing down the ground-plan of the new city, hissystem being very similar in principle to thatwhich was worked out for the reconstruction ofParis. It superimposes upon the ordinary rec-tangular network of streets a series of great radialavenues, cutting diagonally across tlie checker-l)oard system, and converging at a series of focalpoi
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