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Historic Resource Study: Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Suitland Parkway, Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Legislation establishing the parkways addressed the desires for proper entryways to the capital, recreational driving, and preservation of landscape and other resources. Parkways were intended for leisure use and as routes connecting federal installations, not as traffic-choked arteries always pressured to provide increased capacity. Parkway design features sought to provide a roadway that users would enjoy and that would fit the contours of the land. As a group, the four parkways are integrated as a design to convey to citizens the importance of the capital city. The parkways illustrate principles of landscape and highway design. Moreover, they are associated with individuals significant in the planning and design of Washington, D.C. Though not fully realized, they are intended as an enhancement of the federal city and merit inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places as a multiple property nomination.
Historic Resource Study: Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Suitland Parkway, Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Legislation establishing the parkways addressed the desires for proper entryways to the capital, recreational driving, and preservation of landscape and other resources. Parkways were intended for leisure use and as routes connecting federal installations, not as traffic-choked arteries always pressured to provide increased capacity. Parkway design features sought to provide a roadway that users would enjoy and that would fit the contours of the land. As a group, the four parkways are integrated as a design to convey to citizens the importance of the capital city. The parkways illustrate principles of landscape and highway design. Moreover, they are associated with individuals significant in the planning and design of Washington, D.C. Though not fully realized, they are intended as an enhancement of the federal city and merit inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places as a multiple property nomination.
Historic Resource Study: Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Suitland Parkway, Baltimore-Washington Parkway
J. L. Krakow (author)
1990
158 pages
Report
No indication
English
Highway Engineering , Recreation , Cultural resources , Parkways , Parks , Design , Maintenance , Highway beautification , Landscaping , District of Columbia , Maryland , Virginia , Rock Creek Parkway , Potomac Parkway , George Washington Memorial Parkway , Suitland Parkway , Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Online Contents | 1999
Online Contents | 1999
THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF ROCK CREEK AND POTOMAC PARKWAY
Online Contents | 1999
THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF ROCK CREEK AND POTOMAC PARKWAY
Online Contents | 1999
Engineering Index Backfile | 1949