Word: burley
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Aussie I have always admired the layout of our capital city, Canberra, which was designed by an American architect named Walter Burley Griffin in a worldwide competition in 1912. Then, two years ago, I visited Washington, D.C., designed by France's Pierre L'Enfant, and saw perfection in beauty, layout, transport, lakes and monuments [Nov. 10]. In 1979 I traveled to Paris and realized that Washington has the edge on them...