additionally District for the Seat of Government - 3 people
Population
City | Population |
---|---|
Washington | 1,643,000 |
Georgetown | 251,000 |
Alexandria | 323,000 |
Websterville | 255,000 |
Arlington | 119,000 |
Ross Lynn | 181,000 |
Little Falls | 125,000 |
Green Valley | 179,000 |
Junctionville | 207,000 |
Fort Union | 139,000 |
Falls Church | 110,000 |
Total< | 3,532,000< |
Landmarks
President's House
-aka "Red House"
-original "White House" entirely destroyed during US's Wars > American Civil War (1869-76), and because Aquia sandstone largely used up instead they use red sandstone from Seneca Creek
-following old design of destroyed house, and decline to paint it
Vice President's House
-built postwar within "Federal Triangle"
-literally just a regular large-sized house from the late 19th century
Capitol
-only somewhat destroyed during Civil War, some cannons fallen in
-rebuilt with original materials soon afterwards
-with Statue of Freedom at top constructed with Phrygian cap as refutation to slavery
National Mall
-great garden strip with vast Centennial Avenue constructed through it
Smithsonian Institution
-center of the National University of the United States of America
-mostly made (as with most post-civil war architecture) of concrete but some spectacular buildings
Smithsonian Castle
-building on National Mall, center of the Smithsonian
-rest of Smithsonian south of it
Tomb of James Smithson
-body retrieved postwar
-modelled on Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, on National Mall (but much smaller)
-underneath, made of reinforced concrete
Washington Monument
-triumphal arch with equestrian statue in the center
-grand and sweeping, on the National Mall
Webster Memorial
-large-sized marble replica of Puritan town house, with colossal statue of Webster inside
-and stuff from his speeches on display
National Pantheon
-designed after the Roman Pantheon
-to various personalities
-but largely to Washington, Jefferson, Webster, and Winter Davis who get massive statues in center
-and each state has right to send a statue of a great personality into it
National Soldiers', Sailors', and Aeronauts' Monument
-on National Mall
-with memorials to US's Wars > American Civil War (1869-76), US's Wars > Antillian War (1880-4), and US's Wars > Intervention in Grao-Para (1894-5)
Zanzibar Column
-a vast column made from cannons, other scrap metal seized from intervention in Zanzibar
-in honor of the great victory
-centers Zanzibar Park
Union Station
Arlington House
Cities
Washington
-booming city with massive national infrastructure
-as well as National University of the United States of America > Smithsonian Institution, the anchor of the American university system and has turned it into the center of a Crystal City
-a lot of mid-rises, with concrete buildings dating from post-Civil War Period
Georgetown
Websterville
-Anacostia coast
-incorporated as a town in the Webster era
-largely residential
Alexandria
-extends to Pentagon City
-broadly is Anacostia's second downtown core
Arlington
-around Arlington House
Falls Church
Ross Lynn
-bridge means development crosses this soon, first city (aside from Alexandria) to be incorporated on south side of Potomac
-incorporated in 1880s
-broadly extension of Washington due to early bridge
Green Valley
Junctionville
-Bluemont
-named after rail junction
Fort Union
-Williamsburg
-named after an installation during the Civil War
Little Falls
-across from Chain Bridge