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Show L' Enfant Planned Open jii f Space in Washing: 1 "Mall" was originally the nam-,0 the mallet used in playing palk' a game in which a ball was or:-with or:-with a mallet. In time "mall" te applied to the game itself, and b;c tension to the place where the g.s was played. Thus Pall-Mall ( nounced pell-mell), a famous stree London, received its name from ?c fact that the site was formerly a :r-mall :r-mall alley. In the United States'?1 Mall" is applied specifically to a r. of land lying between the capitol T the Washington monument. Ite bounded on the east by the cat' grounds, on the south by Mary avenue and B Street Southwest.11 the north by Pennsylvania avenue i B Street Northwest, and on the by Seventeenth street It inc!:n the botanic garden, East Se: park, West Seaton park, Hcld park, Smithsonian grounds, ngr: tural grounds and the monnc 1 grounds. In the original plans ;c pared by the French engineer, L fant, and approved by Washing the Mall was to be 1,600 feet v: and was to present an unobstrn: I vista from the monument to the ig; itol. This plan was departed t and there are now a number of b: Ings on the Mall. L'Enfant did ei use the name "Mall" on bis niaprt Washington. On the original Lw fant map, as well as on the maprt 1792 and 1S22, this area Is desigrr "Appropriation No. 2." After tr dates the name "Mall" appears r larly In connection with the are; question. Pathfinder Magazine. 0 rs |