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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Plan showing roadway and sidewalk widths] – Vintage Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Plan showing roadway and sidewalk widths], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Plan showing roadway and sidewalk widths], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

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This drawing sets out the cross-section of a single street: the relative widths of the sidewalks and roadway on B Street South, which is now Independence Avenue, running between the Capitol and the Library of Congress. Its ink, color ink, and graphite lines compare the street's parts side by side, the kind of study city engineers made when deciding how to divide a busy corridor between carriages, pedestrians, and public space. The Library's main building, the Jefferson Building, opened in 1897, so the drawing belongs to the years when this stretch of the Mall was taking on the monumental character it still has.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink, color ink, and graphite on paper.
GenreInscription: Plan showing relative widths of sidewalks and roadway on B" St. South (i.e. Independence Ave.) between the Capitol and congressional library. No. 48."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,762 × 4,770 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219574

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