13 Facts About McMillan Plan

McMillan Plan proposed eliminating the Victorian landscaping of the National Mall and replacing it with an uncomplicated expanse of grass, narrowing the Mall, and permitting the construction of low, Neoclassical museums and cultural centers along the Mall's east–west axis.

Additionally, the McMillan Plan contemplated constructing clusters of tall, Neoclassical office buildings around Lafayette Square and the Capitol building, as well as an extensive system of neighborhood parks and recreational facilities throughout the city.

Never formally adopted by the United States government, the McMillan Plan was implemented piecemeal in the decades after its release.

The McMillan Plan continues to guide urban planning in and around Washington, D C, into the 21st century and has become a part of the federal government's official planning policy for the national capital.

The plan presented at that meeting by Washington-based architect Paul J Pelz anticipates several decisions in the eventual McMillan Plan, including the grouping of Congressional office buildings around the Capitol, the development of Federal Triangle, and the location of the National Archives Building.

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Park system proposed by the McMillan Plan drew heavily on the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston .

Implementation of the McMillan Plan was opposed by the powerful Speaker of the House, Joseph Gurney Cannon.

McMillan Plan was strongly opposed to spending the enormous sums that it would take to complete the plan.

However, McMillan Plan advocates argued that agriculture headquarters should be set back from the center of the National Mall by 300 feet .

Concurrently, members of the disbanded McMillan Plan Commission were tiring of the constant demands on their time and the unpaid nature of their role.

McMillan Plan continues to provide the underpinning for planning in the national capital in the 21st century.

Third central unbuilt recommendation of the McMillan Plan involved the extensive "Washington Commons" recreational area on East and West Potomac Parks along the southern side of the Tidal Basin.

The McMillan Plan envisioned extensive public bathing and swimming facilities along the Potomac River's edge here, as well as several athletic fields, several gymnasiums, and a stadium.