“Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks.”

“Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks.”

“When it is good, this is a city of fantastic strength, sophistication and beauty. It is like no other city in time or place. Visitors and even natives rarely use the words urban character or environmental style, but that is what they are reacting to with awe in the presence of massed, concentrated, steel, stone, power and life.”