We posted some great old alternative designs for the Lincoln Memorial a while back and they were quite popular. Well, we dug up one for the Washington Monument which you'll surely enjoy. This one is dated...
GoDCers Love Maps, Lost History / 23.12.2013
Never Built: Proposed University on the National Mall in 1816
So this obviously never happened, but it's a fascinating proposal for the National Mall, done in 1816. Can you imagine a university sitting where the Lincoln Memorial does today? Plan of the west...