Foreword
Introduction
Part I: The Design of the Mall
Chapter 1. The Idea of the American Mall
Chapter 2. American Renaissance: Charles Follen McKim and the
Aesthetic Ideal
Chapter 3. When Dignity and Beauty Were the Order of the Day: The
Contribution of Daniel H. Burnham
Chapter 4. "A Simple Space of Turf": Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.'s
Idea for the Mall
Part II: The Nation's Gathering Place
Chapter 5. The People's Home Ground
Chapter 6. Washington as a Pilgrimage Site
Chapter 7. Culture of, by, and for the People: The Smithsonian
Folklife Festival
Part III: Monuments for the Future
Chapter 8. Monuments, Modernism, and the Mall
Chapter 9. Turning Point: The Problematics of Building on the Mall
Today
Chapter 10. Planning beyond the Monumental Core
Biographical Notes
A Chronology of the Mall
Notes
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Nathan Glazer is an emeritus professor of sociology and education at Harvard University. He is the author or editor of many books on public policy and urban problems, among them The Public Face of Architecture and From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City. Cynthia R. Field is the architectural historian emerita at the Smithsonian Institution and a faculty member at the Corcoran College of Art. She is the coauthor of The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building.
The scope of this volume is such as to encompass every major development during more than a century, from planning for the re-use of an open field to today's political maneuvering. -- Steve Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive Collection of essays by a number of Mall-savvy authors fully explores the Mall's past, present and potential future, identifying problems and opportunities. -- Rober K. Lewis Washington Post The eclectic mix of essays brings together the work of historians, anthropologists, sociologists, poets, planners, and advocates who seek to 'rethink' the past and future of the Natural Mall. The collection offers some intriguing insights. -- Daniel Kerr H-Urban, H-Net Reviews This publication succeeds admirably in interpreting the Mall for nonexperts and alerting those with responsibility for it to the serious threats it faces. Choice
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