Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A farkon 1900s, hangen nesa na L'Enfant na babban babban birnin kasar ya zama mummunan lalacewa ta hanyar ƙauyuka da kuma gine-ginen da aka sanya a bazuwar, ciki har da tashar jirgin kasa a National Mall. Majalisa ta kafa kwamiti na musamman da ke da alhakin kyawawan abubuwan da ke faruwa a Washington. Abin da aka sani da McMillan Plan an kammala shi a 1901 kuma ya haɗa da sake sake fasalin filayen Capitol da National Mall, share ƙauyuka, da kuma kafa sabon tsarin shakatawa na gari. An yi imanin cewa shirin ya adana babban zane na L'Enfant.Dangane da doka, sararin samaniyar Washington yana da ƙasa kuma yana fadada. Dokar Tarayyar Tarayyar Tarayya ta 1910 ta ba da izinin gine-ginen da ba su da tsayi fiye da fadin titin da ke kusa, da 20 feet (6.1 m). Duk da shahararren imani, babu wata doka da ta taɓa iyakance gine-gine zuwa tsayin Ginin Majalisar Dokokin Amurka ko Ginin Washington mai tsayin ƙafa 555 (169 m), wanda ya kasance mafi girman ginin Gundumar. Shugabannin birni sun soki ƙuntataccen tsawo a matsayin babban dalilin da ya sa Gundumar ta iyakance gidaje masu araha da matsalolin zirga-zirga da ke haifar da yaduwar birni. An rarraba Gundumar zuwa kashi huɗu na yanki mara daidaituwa: Arewa maso Yamma (NW), Arewa maso Gabas (NE), Kudu maso Gabas (SE), da Kudu maso Yamma (SW). Axes da ke iyakance quadrants suna haskakawa daga ginin Capitol na Amurka. Dukkanin sunayen tituna sun hada da raguwa na quadrant don nuna wurin su da lambobin gidaje gabaɗaya sun dace da adadin tubalan da ke nesa da Capitol. Yawancin tituna an shimfiɗa su a cikin tsarin grid tare da titunan gabas zuwa yamma da ake kira da haruffa (misali, C Street SW), titunan arewa zuwa kudu tare da lambobi (misali, 4th Street NW), da kuma hanyoyi masu tsaka-tsaki, da yawa daga cikinsu ana kiran su bayan jihohi. Birnin Washington yana da iyaka da titin Boundary Street zuwa arewa (wanda aka sake masa suna Florida Avenue a 1890), Rock Creek zuwa yamma, da Kogin Anacostia zuwa gabas. An fadada grid na titin Washington, inda zai yiwu, a ko'ina cikin Gundumar da ta fara a 1888. An sake kiran titunan Georgetown a 1895. Wasu tituna suna da mahimmanci, kamar Pennsylvania...  Tambaya: A cikin waɗanne ɓangarori aka raba gundumar?
Arewa maso yamma (NW), Arewa maso gabas (NE), Kudu maso gabas (SE), da Kudu maso yamma (SW)