Oral history transcript, Nathaniel Owings, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Nathaniel Owings, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

33

Description:

Design of Pennsylvania Avenue; Civil War use of the Mall; Daniel H. Burnham; McMillan Commission; Smithsonian red brick castle demolition; Mrs. Jim Howe; Pennsylvania Avenue Commission; JFK’s interest in Washington; Paul Thiry; contact with LBJ; GREEN BOOK; LOOK magazine feature; Temporary Commission on Pennsylvania Avenue; John Saylor; Lady Bird’s Committee for the Beautification of Washington; THE AMERICAN AESTHETIC; reflecting pool at the Capitol; Pennsylvania Avenue and the Mall or national historic sites; Willard Hotel; J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI Building; Lady Bird’s time and attention; Federal Highway Commission; National Plaza; Owings close to the Nixon Administration; Nixon’s interest in the National Plaza; LBJ Library; Skidmore-Owings-and Merrill; Hirshborn Museum; Lady Bird’s intellectual curiosity; New Mexico Church of Los Trampos.

Contributor:

Owings, Nathaniel

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Nathaniel Owings

Subject:

Beautification

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details