A Grand Avenue Revival Massachusetts Avenue Landscape History and Design Guide Contents Why “Mass Ave” Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 LandscapeHistory............................................... 2 the grand avenue legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 “open air salon of the street” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 loss and renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Restoration Guide 21 Step 1: full row of healthy street trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Step 2: second row brings more than twice the benefit 23 Step 3: connect long views 24 Step 4: support secondary views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Step 5: Expand the urban forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Step6:Planttosaveenergy......................................... 27 Reviving This and Other Streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Acknowledgements and Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . restoremassave org/grand-avenue-revival-book/ by deborah shapley for restore mass ave ©2014 Restore Mass Ave 2500 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 ISBN 978-0-692-21475-6. LCCN applied for. All rights reserved. Front cover: Mass Ave sidewalk in 1913. DC Public Library Washingtoniana Collection. For other sponsors, see inside back cover.
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