Project planning and construction efforts. Pierre L'Enfant's two plans for executing the president's vision
Financing the Federal City : the difficulty of collecting adequate funds
Constructing the Federal City : gathering materials and workers
Developing a commercial center: harbor navigation and river improvements
Early infrastructure and transport improvements
Building military defenses for the capital
Building campaigns: the city's first fifty years. The first public building campaign (1791-1802): the commissioners clash with their architects and workers
The second public building campaign (1803-1811): the president and the architect
The third public building campaign (1815-1824): rebuilding the Federal City
Later transportation improvements: canals and aqueducts
Epilogue: building a new Federal City.
