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Illustrations "A notorious alley slum near the Capitol," by Charles Hine frontispiece Washington City Canal in front of the unfinished Capitol, 1860 3 Plan of the City of Washington, by Andrew Ellicott after Pierre Charles L'Enfant, 1792 8 Thomas Jefferson'splan for the City of Washington, 1791 1 0 The Aqueduct Bridge crossing the Potomac River, ca. 1860 19 Two views of former slaves liberated by Union troops and put to work on Washington's defense, ca. 1862 41 Charles Weller's Neglected Neighbors (1909):slums in the shadow of the Capitol 47 Black voters in Georgetown, by Thomas Nast, 1867 55 Portrait of Alexander Shepherd, 1871,by Henry Ulke 65 Map of Washington and its surroundings,1876 75 The city core, Currier and Ives,1892 84 Railroad accident in Washington, 1887 86 Franklin Webster Smith's grand architectural plan of the Mall, 1900 93 The B&O Railroad crossing the Mall, ca. 1900 95 The Senate Park Commission's vision of a new city core, 1902 101 The monumental core, 1902 103 Early-twentieth-century alley scene 117 "Washington, the City Beautiful," 1912 122 The Federal Triangle emerging along Pennsylvania Avenue,1933 129 The wrecker's ball over the Washington Monument, ca. 1955 133 viii Seekingtemporary shelter in a Southwest alley,1941 141 Young alley dwellers,1942,by Gordon Parks 143 St. Mary's Court, Foggy Bottom, before and after,1937 145 Southwest Washington before redevelopment, ca. 1950 162 Relocation assistance for Southwest residents, 1950s 164 Anti-highway protest outside the District Building, 1967 168 Walter Fauntroy, president of MICCO, 1969 176 Riot damage, Fourteenth Street, N.W., 1968 181 Marion Barry, director of Pride, Inc., 1968 193 Marion Barry and Walter Fauntroy, 1971 194 Marion and Effi Barry, inauguration day,1979 195 Marion Barry, shortly after release from prison, 1992 205 Flyer, March on Washington, 1993 212 Illustrations ...

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