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Contents 1 Washington and D.C. 2 D.C. picture request 3 Schools 4 Representation Discussion in First Paragraph 5 Planning

[edit] Washington and D.C.

While the City and County of San Francisco (49 sq. mi) may have always been co-extensive, not so with Washington, D.C. The District of Columbia was established as part of the Residency Act enacted by Congress in 1790, which provided that the capital of the United States would be in a federal district, beginning in 1800, established in a 100 square mile area taken from Maryland and Virginia with the interim capital being in Philadelphia beginning in December 1790; the first capital having been New York City. The Virginia portion, now comprising Arlington County, VA was retroceded to Virginia by Congress in 1847 while Georgetown was a preexisting town in Maryland that had existed for decades as a port on the Potomac River. Beyond that, most of D.C. west of Rock Creek was rural prior to the First World War with the emergence of the Chevy Chase Land Company and the trolley to Chevy Chase, Maryland at that time beginning the development of D.C.'s suburbs. Today the issue of D.C's representation in Congress is a burning one, particulary in the context of D.C. history where slavery was abolished by act of Congress in 1862 during the Civil War. A monument to the approximately 500 D.C. residents, black and white, exists in the form of a small ancient Greek monument near the Lincoln Memorial dedicated circa 1930 at a ceremony attended by President Herbert Hoover.Tom Cod 05:20, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

... I'm confused, are you commenting on something in the article, or just writing an essay on Washington? --Golbez 06:57, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] D.C. picture request

For the Georgetown, Washington, D.C. article, I believe photos of Hyde Elementary School, Hardy Middle School, and Wilson High School would be good for that article. WhisperToMe 05:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

In reality, D.C. public schools are quite awful; Many families, especially in affluent neighborhoods such as Georgetown, instead send their kids to private school. So, I don't think the schools are notable enough aspect of the neighborhood to need pictures. Though maybe one is needed for the Woodrow Wilson High School article. --Aude (talk) 07:03, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Or maybe a picture of the Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School or something like that? --Aude (talk) 07:08, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Done - Added to a "Gallery of private schools" section :) WhisperToMe 23:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

The Georgetown article already has a lot of pictures, maybe too many for an article of its size. If I were going to add anything, it would be a picture of Georgetown University. The public schools are visually uninteresting. --dm ^(talk) 19:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I concur with AudeVivere and D Monack. --Thisisbossi 23:11, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

If Wikipedia already has an article with the university, I'm adding that. Anyway, I believe Georgetown's elementary school, at the least, attracts several from the neighborhood. WhisperToMe 23:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

EDIT: Hardy Middle School and Wilson High School have articles already, so pictures of the two schools would be a good idea anyway. WhisperToMe 23:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Schools

Why is Our Lady of Victory lumped in with a bunch of prep schools? There are probably at least a hundred parochial schools in the District of Columbia and OLV isn't even the most notable -- Holy Trinity (associated with the oldest Catholic Church in Washington, DC) or Blessed Sacrament would be -- so it's sorely out of place. Mrw1975 06:14, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Representation Discussion in First Paragraph

"Although there is a municipal government and a mayor, Congress has the supreme authority over the city and district, which results in citizens having a different status and less representation in government than residents of the states."

This sentence's construction isn't correct. The issue of Congressional dominion is separate from whether DC residents have congressional representation. DC could have complete self-determination and no representation, and vice-versa. Therefore it's incorrect to say that Congressional dominion "results" in less representation. I am going to draft something to make that distinction a little clearer.

[edit] Planning

German wikipedia has the following paragraph: "Pierre Charles L'Enfant was given the task to design the „Federal City“. He was inspired by the city plan of Karlsruhe, probably following an advice of Thomas Jefferson who had been fascinated by Karlsruhe's layout during his trip of Germany in 1788 to the extent of making a sketch of it and taking it with him to the USA."

The article mentions only "planned cities of Europe". Any other candidates apart from Karlsruhe? If not it should be mentioned. --Kipala 18:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC)