Canberra, Flip Side to Washington

The Washington Post | November 15, 2003| | Copyright

Canberra, the capital of Australia, and Washington, the capital of the United States, have several things in common. Both occupy federal districts near the coasts of their respective continents. Both were planned from scratch on farmland in locations determined by political compromise between existing cities. Both new capitals were designed by men living in America who were relieved of their planning jobs soon after their plans were conceived. And during the start-up decades, when both capitals were inhabited primarily by civil servants, few citizens wanted to live there.

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