The National Mall was the centerpiece of the McMillan Plan.

The McMillan Plan was an architectural plan for the development of Washington, D.C. formulated in 1901 by the Senate Park Improvement Commission of the District of Columbia which had been formed by Congress the previous year. The commission was better known as the McMillan Commission, named for Sen. James McMillan of Michigan who was chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia. Some of the greatest American architects of the day served on the McMillan Commission, including Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Charles F. McKim, along with noted sculptor Augustus St. Gaudens. Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... Seal of the U.S. Congress. ... James McMillan (May 12, 1838–August 10, 1902) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan McMillan was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and was educated in the public schools of Hamilton. ... Daniel H. Burnham. ... Federick Law Olmsted, Jr. ... Charles Follen McKim, portrait by Frances Benjamin Johnston. ... Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Dublin, March 1, 1848 _ Cornish, New Hampshire, August 3, 1907), was the Irish-French American sculptor of the Beaux Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. ...

The commission was inspired by the original 1791 plan for the city by architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant which was never fully realized. The members of the commission also sought to emulate the grandeur of European capitals such as Paris, London, and Rome. They were also strongly influenced by the City Beautiful movement, a Progressive ideology that intended to build civic virtue in the poor through important, monumental architecture. Pierre Charles LEnfant Pierre Charles LEnfant (2 August 1754, Paris, France, – 14 June 1825, Prince Georges County, Maryland) was a French-born American architect and urban planner. ... European redirects here. ...   City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 8th century BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (496. ... The City Beautiful movement was a Progressive reform movement in North American architecture and urban planning that flourished in the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of using beautification and monumental grandeur in cities to counteract the perceived moral decay of poverty-stricken urban environments. ... Progressivism in the United States // Overview Some argue that Progressivism in the United States can best be differentiated from liberalism in two major ways. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ...

The McMillan Plan in many respects was an early form of urban renewal in that it removed many of the slums that surrounded the Capitol replacing them with new public monuments and government buildings. The plan created the National Mall and the Burnham-designed Union Station. The execution of the plan was interrupted during World War I but was largely completed with the construction of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. Blight often stands side-by-side with new structures during urban renewal efforts. ... The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the location for the Congress of the United States, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. ... Facing east across the Mall with ones back towards the Lincoln Memorial. ... Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, D.C. when it opened in 1907. ... Combatants Allied Powers: France Italy Russia Serbia United Kingdom United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Reinhard... The Lincoln Memorial, built 1915 - 1922. ...

External links

• The L'Enfant and McMillan Plans (National Park Service)
• History of Planning in Washington (National Capital Planning Commission)