Talk:Pierre Charles L'Enfant
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I was told that he also designed Indianapolis, which also looks like it had more early planning than many cities, and also has major streets at 45-degree angles to most of the rest. The dates aren't completely absurd. Anyone know? --Jerzy(t) 21:10, 2004 May 13 (UTC)
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African descent?
Was L'Enfant of African ancestry? I thought I read somewhere that he was. If so, it's worth inclusion, especially considering that most African Americans were living in slavery at the time he was designing Washington, D.C.
- You might be thinking of Benjamin Banneker, who is also noted in the lay out of Washington, Bannaker was of African descent.
