Everything about The Mcmillan Plan totally explained
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.
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.
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.
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