Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Guest Host: Matthew Felling
He was dismissed from his job after only eleven months, and his role in designing America’s capital city was downplayed for a hundred years. Now, scholars are taking a deeper look at Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the artistic genius entrusted by George Washington to create D.C. from scratch. We look at L’Enfant’s legacy and why he was almost forgotten to history.
Guests
- Scott W. Berg Author, "Grand Avenues: The Story of the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C." (Pantheon)
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