{"title":"Metro-Center","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"kennedy-era-washington-dc-metro-center-land-use-1960-ncpc-ncrpc-1961-map-p-7-028556","title":"Kennedy-era Washington DC Metro-Center — Land Use 1960 — NCPC — NCRPC 1961 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Land Use 1960 — Metro-Center'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKennedy-era Washington is laid out in bold flat colour on this 1961 map of land use in the capital's core, the 'Metro-Center' between the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. Red commercial districts, brick-red public offices, blue institutions and yellow housing press around the olive-green National Mall, while pink hatching marks industrial land along the rivers and railways. Drawn for A Policies Plan for the Year 2000, it records the city as it stood in 1960, before Metro and the freeway battles of the following decade changed downtown, and it pairs naturally with the planners' Land Use 2000 map of the same area. Offered with its facing key and introduction as two separate sheets from the original spiral-bound report, each about 25 × 25 cm.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371661349211,"sku":"P-7-028556","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028556a_eda90d15-4d1a-4838-8a34-d90d6d404f18.jpg?v=1792148862"},{"product_id":"kennedy-era-washington-dc-metro-center-land-use-2000-ncpc-ncrpc-1961-map-p-7-028557","title":"Kennedy-era Washington DC Metro-Center — Land Use 2000 — NCPC — NCRPC 1961 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Land Use 2000 — Metro-Center'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington as its planners hoped to see it in 2000, drawn in 1961: an expanded band of commercial and government offices around the Mall, new residential districts, and a network of 'special streets' extending the monumental core into the surrounding city. The key adds special residential areas and green open space, and the facing text sets out the aim of a denser, more attractive centre with an extended system of green avenues and parks. It invites comparison with today's capital, shaped by Metro. From A Policies Plan for the Year 2000, it pairs naturally with the Land Use 1960 map of the same area. Offered with its facing key as two separate sheets from the original spiral-bound report, each about 25 × 25 cm.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371661381979,"sku":"P-7-028557","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028557a_615d32e9-c4b8-4253-9aa3-87b58b5eb6a4.jpg?v=1792148860"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/metro-center.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}