The Washington Post, April 15th, 1994
THERE WAS Pierre L'Enfant, there was Benjamin Banneker and then there was the faithful guardian of this capital city's grandeur - 20th century Washington's Mr. Downtown - Knox Banner. His devotion to the life and looks of the central hub became marvelously apparent over the two decades he labored to improve it. Mr. Banner, who died last week at the age of 80, worked both outside and inside avenues of power - first with a private, nonprofit development organization and then with the city government - to rejuvenate the heart of Washington at a critical time in its physical history. His mission: ...
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