Washington, D.C.: the New Rome

This is a site dedicated to the history of Washington, D.C., some of it living, some of it lost forever. As much as Washington is a national capital, it has also been the de facto international capital for close to a century. How a small, parochial, southern city of “magnificent distances” and tree-shaded lanes became the successor to Rome and London, while struggling to gain self-rule and solve its racial, social, and economic problems, is the focus of the posts on this site.

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