Start here Start here 66 395 Montgomery C. Meigs equipped the Italian Renaissance-style Pension Building, home to the National Building Museum, with some of the world’s tallest interior columns, reaching 75 feet. Begun in 1992, the modernist Italian Embassy mimics the District’s original diamond shape, down to a diagonal walkway standing in for the Potomac’s dissecting swath. Diego Rivera’s student Roberto Cueva del Río created three stories’ worth of murals for the Cultural Institute of Mexico, which inhabits a mansion built for William Howard Taft’s secretary of the Treasury. It was designed by Nathan C. Wyeth and George A. Fuller. Completed in 1888, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (where the vice president works) boasts an ornate Second Empire style and 900 Doric columns. Start here Driver’s route Italian architect Luigi Moretti brought European modernism to the Potomac River’s shores with the Watergate Hotel complex, built between 1964 and 1971. The old General Post Office, finished in 1839 after the former building burned to the ground, houses the 183-room Hotel Monaco. Its architect, Robert Mills, designed the Washington Monument. Catch a ballet, opera or symphony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a white marble confection started by architect Edward Durrell Stone in 1964. The box office opened seven years later. A century ago, Teddy Roosevelt presided over the laying of the foundation stone for Washington National Cathedral, based on George Frederick Bodley’s Gothic plan. John Russell Pope designed the Temple of the Scottish Rite in the neoclassical style, with front steps arranged in groups of three, five, seven and nine, and an entrance surrounded by 33 stones and two sphinxes. The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization building, designed by Le Corbusier devotee Roman Fresnedo Siri and completed in 1964, marks one of the city’s most noticeable forays into modernism. Finished in 1801 by the U.S. Capitol’s first architect, William Thornton, the Federal-style Octagon was a temporary residence for James Madison during the War of 1812 after the White House was burned. It now houses a museum of architecture and design. Robert Mills was responsible for much of the Old Patent Office Building, now the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. Its new atrium features a topper by Pritzker Prize winner Norman Foster. K STREET K STREET M STREET P STREET F STREET I STREET NEW YORK AVENUE H STREET E STREET F STREET E STREET D STREET 17TH ST. 18TH ST. 21ST STREET 23RD STREET 13TH STREET 11TH STREET 14TH STREET 9TH STREET 6TH STREET 4TH STREET 5TH STREET 7TH STREET 8TH ST. 15TH STREET 16TH STREET WISCONSIN AVENUE MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE VIRGINIA PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AVE. NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE. RHODE ISLAND AVE. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VIRGINIA P o t o m a c R i v e r LOGAN CIRCLE S STREET U STREET P STREET Q STREET Q STREET GARFIELD STREET FULLER ST. WHITEHAVEN ST. NEW YORK AVENUE MASS. AVENUE Eisenhower Executive Office Building COLUMBIA ROAD W ATERSIDE D R. ROCK CREEK & POTOMAC PARKWAY MILE 0 1/2 Road Trip An Architecture Buff’s Tour of D.C. WHERE: Northwest Washington. WHY: L’Enfant’s legacy, architecture of biblical proportions and finding Mr. Wright. HOW FAR: About 11 miles. A mazing what architects can do with swampland. In 1791, George Washington handpicked Pierre L’Enfant to lay out a plan for the capital city, which was once marshy and muddy. The Frenchman was fired a year later for his stubborn ways, yet despite his pink slip, his blueprints stayed. Today, the numbered and lettered streets contain some design standouts but also occasional missteps L’Enfant never imagined: namely modernist, Gothic, Renais- sance and Second Empire styles mixed in among the predominant neo- classical motif. Some internationally recognized names have left their stamp on the city. I.M. Pei, Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe and Philip Johnson brought their considerable reputations to the National Gallery of Art’s East Wing, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and the Kreeger Museum, respectively. Outside the District, George Bergstrom designed the Pentagon (com- pleted in 1943), one of the most identifiable geometry lessons in the world, and Eero Saarinen created the modernist masterpiece that is Dul- les Airport’s terminal building (opened in 1962). (The National Building Museum is holding a retrospective of Saarinen’s works through Aug. 23.) Meanwhile, for the everyman, we have Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope- Leighey House. The home near Mount Vernon was commissioned in 1939 by Loren Pope, a Washington Evening Star copy editor who made just $50 a week. — Johnna Rizzo Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/ roadtrip, as are addresses and hours of operation (be sure to check before you go). Have an idea for a trip? E-mail roadtrip@ washpost.com. MAP BY JEROME COOKSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; PHOTOS BY JOHNNA RIZZO FOR THE WASHINGTON POST N6 Sunday, May 18, 2008 The Washington Post x WEDNESDAY IN STYLE Escapes grooves to the music at the folksy American Mountain Theater in West Virginia.
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Montgomery C. Meigs equipped the Italian Renaissance-style
Pension Building, home to the National Building Museum, with
some of the world’s tallest interior columns, reaching 75 feet.
Begun in 1992, the modernist ItalianEmbassy mimics the District’s originaldiamond shape, down to a diagonalwalkway standing in for the Potomac’sdissecting swath.
Diego Rivera’s student Roberto Cueva del Río createdthree stories’ worth of murals for the CulturalInstitute of Mexico, which inhabits a mansion builtfor William Howard Taft’s secretary of the Treasury. Itwas designed by Nathan C. Wyeth and George A. Fuller.
Completed in 1888, the Eisenhower Executive Office
Building (where the vice president works) boasts an
ornate Second Empire style and 900 Doric columns.
Start here
Driver’s route
Italian architect Luigi Moretti brought European modernismto the Potomac River’s shores with the Watergate Hotelcomplex, built between 1964 and 1971.
The old General Post Office, finished in 1839 afterthe former building burned to the ground, housesthe 183-room Hotel Monaco. Its architect, RobertMills, designed the Washington Monument.
Catch a ballet, opera or symphony at the John F. KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts, a white marble confectionstarted by architect Edward Durrell Stone in 1964. The boxoffice opened seven years later.
A century ago, TeddyRoosevelt presidedover the laying ofthe foundation stonefor WashingtonNational Cathedral,based on GeorgeFrederick Bodley’sGothic plan.
John Russell Pope designed theTemple of the Scottish Ritein the neoclassical style, withfront steps arranged in groupsof three, five, seven and nine,and an entrance surrounded by33 stones and two sphinxes.
The Pan American HealthOrganization/WorldHealth Organizationbuilding, designed by LeCorbusier devotee RomanFresnedo Siri and completedin 1964, marks one of thecity’s most noticeableforays into modernism.
Finished in 1801 by the U.S.Capitol’s first architect, WilliamThornton, the Federal-styleOctagon was a temporaryresidence for James Madisonduring the War of 1812 afterthe White House was burned.It now houses a museum ofarchitecture and design.
Robert Mills was responsiblefor much of the Old PatentOffice Building, now theDonald W. ReynoldsCenter for AmericanArt and Portraiture. Itsnew atrium features atopper by Pritzker Prizewinner Norman Foster.
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WHERE: Northwest Washington.
WHY: L’Enfant’s legacy, architecture of biblical proportions and findingMr. Wright.
HOW FAR: About 11 miles.
Amazing what architects can do with swampland.In 1791, George Washington handpicked Pierre L’Enfant to
lay out a plan for the capital city, which was once marshy andmuddy. The Frenchman was fired a year later for his stubborn
ways, yet despite his pink slip, his blueprints stayed. Today, the numberedand lettered streets contain some design standouts but also occasionalmissteps L’Enfant never imagined: namely modernist, Gothic, Renais-sance and Second Empire styles mixed in among the predominant neo-classical motif.
Some internationally recognized names have left their stamp on thecity. I.M. Pei, Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe and Philip Johnson broughttheir considerable reputations to the National Gallery of Art’s East Wing,the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and the Kreeger Museum,respectively.
Outside the District, George Bergstrom designed the Pentagon (com-pleted in 1943), one of the most identifiable geometry lessons in theworld, and Eero Saarinen created the modernist masterpiece that is Dul-les Airport’s terminal building (opened in 1962). (The National BuildingMuseum is holding a retrospective of Saarinen’s works through Aug. 23.)
Meanwhile, for the everyman, we have Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House. The home near Mount Vernon was commissioned in 1939by Loren Pope, a Washington Evening Star copy editor who made just $50a week.
— Johnna Rizzo
Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, as are addresses and hours of operation (be sure to
check before you go). Have an idea for a trip? E-mail [email protected].
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“But why would anyone want to kill me? All I am
doing is having a little mango party on the plane.
Is that a sin?”
— Gen. Zia’s last thoughts before boarding the plane
With perfect-pitch humor and insight,
Hanif highlights the all-too-true
buffoonery embedded in politics
on the world stage.
In his fact-based debut novel, the Pakistan-born
author envisions a set of interwoven conspiracies
leading up to the 1988
plane crash that killed his
homeland’s dictator,
Gen. Mohammed Zia ul-Haq.
A Case of Exploding Mangoes By Mohammed Hanif
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To someone searching for lighter
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with its large cast of characters
might seem impenetrable. — Reviewed by Alexis Burling
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— One of the dudes contemplates the cause
Palahniuk’s descriptions — right down
to the bronzer-stained fi ngernails of the
600 studs-in-waiting — are nauseatingly
evocative, and he raises some thought-provoking
questions about sex, death and the soul-deadening
pursuit of fame.
The author of “Fight Club”
and “Rant” applies his
twisted talents to a story
about an aging porn queen’s
quest to break the world
record for bedding the most
men in a single session.
SnuffBy Chuck Palahniuk
Doubleday
$24.95
The story unfolds like one of those
“What’s grosser than gross?” jokes
devised by adolescent minds: It’s too cartoonish
to feel like a moral sendup but too vile to serve as
an entertaining diversion. — Sara Cardace
“Do you remember how we’d fallen
asleep on the bathroom fl oor / It
wasn’t always pretty on the white tiles”
—“Song for Jo,” the album’s sole original, co-penned by the starlet and producer David Andrew Sitek
(of TV on the Radio)
Lots of folks have covered “I
Don’t Wanna Grow Up,” but
how has no one thought
to give it the synth-y ’80s
treatment before? It sounds
like a Bananarama
song. We approve.
The sexiest voice in movies pays tribute to
the raspiest voice in music,
reinterpreting 10 Tom Waits
classics. Because you
demanded it, America!
Anywhere I Lay My Head Scarlett Johansson
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ScarJo sounds chilly and robotic — like Nico,
or the girl half of the Raveonettes. That husky
on-screen purr?
Lost in translation. — Chris Klimek
It’s family-friendly music that won’t
make you want to shoot the purple dinosaur,
the Teletubbies or yourself. Catchy melodies
and a casually multicultural vibe recall the glory
days of “Sesame Street.”
The Del Fuegos frontman cum
Grammy-winning kiddie rocker
releases his self-described
“pro-immigration” album,
sung (almost) entirely
en español.
¡Nueva York! Dan Zanes
and Friends
Festival Five
$16.98
It’s more than
an hour long.
But parents,
understandably,
want value for their
money, so . . . — C.K.
The tiny panels on
each page become
surprisingly supple
allegorical lenses.
Thanks to Tanaka’s gift
with facial expressions
and her strong
compositional sense, the
characters’ exhilaration,
frustration and desires
resonate deeply.
This wordless graphic
novella gives readers
glimpses into a
relationship between
a musician and
his girlfriend.
Metronome By Veronique Tanaka
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Though the passion in the nameless
couple’s relationship is smoldering, the
reasons it dwindles aren’t exactly clear,
leaving you confused about what the
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— Valley girl Jennifer (Tracy Nelson) shares her carefully considered aesthetic
Jami Gertz’s preppy Muffy steals the show,
and it’s fun to see Parker in her awkward
pre-”Sex and the City” mode.
In this cultishly adored
’80s television show,
two high school
freshmen (Sarah Jessica
Parker and Amy Linker) try
to fi t in with the in crowd.
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The show holds up surprisingly well, but those
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wonder what all the fuss is about.— G.Z.
Each time you complete a puzzle,
you’ll earn points to spend on hints
whenever a real stumper comes
your way.
Move beyond the black-and-
white grid: There are loads
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anagram challenges
to keep your brain and
your writing hand busy.
It’s the favorite Sunday
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“My abuelita — that’s Spanish for
‘grandma’ / She would cook and sing
at the same time / She knew my
Spanish was just so-so / So she
taught me this rhyme”
—“Pollito Chicken”
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