If you build a monument, eventually other development will occur around it (photo circa 1917)
I recall oftentimes reading that D.C. was a swamp; I thought it was just a metaphor.
Cool picture.
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> If you build a monument, eventually other development will occur around it (photo circa 1917)
Of course if it's just a survey property monument, other property pins will occur around it...:-D
I guess ...
Monuments beget monuments.
No matter what type they happen to be.
> I recall oftentimes reading that D.C. was a swamp; I thought it was just a metaphor.
Here is original plan of the city overlaid on a current map to show the limits of the reclaimed land along the west side of the mall.
There also used to be a canal running north of the White House.
Wow, I've never been to DC. I had no idea that it was ever like that.
