Pierre Charles L'Enfant design of Washington DC

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Note how all the streets come into the capitol.

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Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Pierre "Peter" Charles L'Enfant (French: [pjɛʁ ʃɑʁl lɑ̃fɑ̃]; August 9, 1754 – June 14, 1825) was a French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the layout of the streets of Washington, D.C., the L'Enfant Plan.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre Charles L'Enfant

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