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 Above: Engineer's 1868 plan for Mass Ave based on Paris avenue. |
Restore Mass Ave will soon publish in this space and in a print brochure the story of Mass Ave’s landscape, starting with L’Enfant’s 1791 plan for the new nation’s capital. In its heyday, the 160-foot wide boulevard had double rows of linden trees along each side and stretched for > 5 miles across Washington. West from Dupont Circle, mansion entrances were seen across open ‘park,’ their facades framed by low evergreens.
Story of Mass Ave’s Historic Landscape |