1. L'Enfant's plan for Washington: The background of L'Enfant's plan --
The genealogy of L'Enfant's Washington --
Washington as L'Enfant's intended it --
Critique of L'Enfant's plan --
2. Critiques of planning in Washington: On the concentration and design of federal buildings --
On the plans for Washington --
On the mutilations of L'Enfant's plan --
On the rebuilding of the mall in the 1930's --
3. Monuments in Washington: The interior of the Lincoln Memorial --
The Jefferson Memorial and blocked vistas --
The golden horses and civic art --
4. Other tomes, other plans, and other planners: Plans for rebuilding London in 1666 --
Haussman and the rebuilding of Paris --
Mussolini, Haussman, and company --
The restoration of Rome --
The century of progress --
5. On domes and water: The reign of the masonry dome --
The Cleveland Reservoir --
6. Critiques of landscape architecture: Central Park --
The landscape priesthood --
7. Residential site planning: The neighborhood concept --
The orientation of row houses --
Residential site planning texture --
