Washington symbolizes, in 422 423 aп obscure manner, the whole country ; for it is built on an English plan — none other than that devised by Sir Christopher Wren for the rebuilding of London after the great fire, rejected then and there, because of... Bentley's Miscellany - Page 293edited by - 1854Full view - About this book
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1854 - 608 pages
...symbolizes, in 422 423 aп obscure manner, the whole country ; for it is built on an English plan — none other than that devised by Sir Christopher Wren for...possible idea, with unlimited space to work upon, »nd boundless (future) means to carry out the details. This fact, unrecorded as yet, as far as we... | |
| American literature - 1854 - 598 pages
...Washington symbolizes, in an obscure manner, the whole country ; for it is built on an English plan — none other than that devised by Sir Christopher Wren for...London after the great fire, rejected then and there, becwuse of its " magnificent distances," unsuited to an area so valuable, but called up and adopted... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1893 - 922 pages
...radiating from its two central points, the State House and St. Anne's Church, is said to have been that of Sir Christopher Wren for the rebuilding of London after the great fire in 1666, and by request of Washington to have been followed in laying out the capital city. Many of... | |
| Anne Hollingsworth Wharton - Washington (D.C.) - 1902 - 412 pages
...so much to the attractiveness of Washington were suggested to Major L'Enfant by an unused plan made by Sir Christopher Wren for the rebuilding of London after the great fire of 1666. Major L'Enfant had secured through Mr. Jefferson, then Secretary of State, the plans of a... | |
| Harry Inigo Triggs - City planning - 1909 - 434 pages
...chessboard systems is particularly adaptable to the addition of new areas to old cities. The plan of Sir Christopher Wren for the rebuilding of London after the great fire of 1666 (Fig. 29), is an example of this combination. Had Wren's plan been carried out it would have... | |
| Surveying - 1906 - 526 pages
...to which they give access, or their position in relation to adjoining streets. If the plans prepared by Sir Christopher Wren for the re-building of London after the great fire had been followed, it would have been unequalled for beauty and grandeur as a city, as it is for size,... | |
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