Paris on the PotomacIn 1910 John Merven Carrre, a Paris trained American architect, wrote, Learning from Paris made Washington outstanding among American cities. The five essays in Paris on the Potomac explore aspects of this influence on the artistic and architectural environment of Washington, D. C., which continued long after the well known contributions of Peter Charles LEnfant, the transplanted French military officer who designed the citys plan. Isabelle Gournays