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| Foreword to the Second Edition | ||
| Preface to the Second Edition | ||
| Preface to the First Edition | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Pt. I | Residential | |
| 1 | Federal Faces: Georgian and Federal Houses | 1 |
| 2 | Classical Interlude: Greek Revival Houses | 29 |
| 3 | Age of Romanticism: Early Victorian Houses | 63 |
| 4 | Gaslight and Gilt: Late Victorian Houses | 88 |
| 5 | The City Beautiful: Post-1890 Houses | 137 |
| 6 | The Domestic Scale: Row Houses | 167 |
| 7 | The Transient City: Hotels and Apartment Houses | 189 |
| Pt. II | Nonresidential | |
| 8 | Steeped in Glory: Churches | 227 |
| 9 | For Members Only: Clubs and Organizations | 253 |
| 10 | Capital Commerce: Commercial Buildings | 282 |
| 11 | Uncle Sam's Workrooms: Early Government Buildings | 325 |
| 12 | The Expanding Bureaucracy: Post-Civil War Government Buildings | 355 |
| 13 | Nine to Five: Office Buildings | 381 |
| 14 | Grease Paint and Celluloid: Theaters | 397 |
| 15 | For Mind and Body: Schools and Hospitals | 425 |
| 16 | A Moving Experience: Transportation Buildings | 447 |
| 17 | Hooks and Ladders: Fire Stations | 467 |
| 18 | "Tempos" in War and Peace: Temporary Government Buildings | 477 |
| 19 | Forgotten Fragments: Street Furniture | 491 |
| Bibliographical Notes | 504 | |
| Photographic Credits | 522 | |
| Index | 530 |
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Martin Sinclair
reviewed Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings on October 09, 2013
Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings
This book was a beast to get through just from the sheer textbook size of it. Aside from that...seriously fascinating especially for anyone who has lived in DC and loves the city and its history.
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