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As described above, the pattern of radiating avenues was 
joined and filled by a gridiron matrix of streets, which were 
numbered to the east and west and lettered to the north and 
south - excluding J Street, which L’Enfant omitted to avoid 
confusion with the letters land J that were indistinguishable 
and often interchangeable at the time, according to a 1994 
Washington Post Magazine article.
          Although L’Enfant’s design became the basis for land sales, 
construction and planning, President Washington red him a year 
after he was hired because L’Enfant “forged ahead regardless 
of his orders, the budget, or landowners with prior claims”. 
The design competition
In 1792, at Washington’s request, Secretary of State Thomas 
Jefferson announced an architectural competition to produce 
design drawings for the President’s House.  Washington 
insisted that the building should be made of stone, so that 
it would have a more substantial appearance, much like the 
most important buildings in Europe.  The young nation had 
never seen anything like it, and that was what Washington 
liked about it.  The building was to be more than the home 
and office of the president; it was to be a symbol of the 
presidency.  A republic could not have a king’s palace, but the 
building must command respect from citizens in the United 
States and, just as importantly, foreign visitors who came to 
visit America’s leader.
    On July 16, 1792, President Washington examined at 
least six designs submitted in the President’s House 
architectural competition. The plans were quite varied. 
One of the designs was by James Hoban, an Irishman 
whom the president had met a year earlier in Charleston. A 
second plan was submitted by a mysterious man known 
only as “A.Z.”. Historians have speculated that Thomas 
Jefferson was the mystery designer, but records suggest 
that the architect in question was more likely John Collins, 
a builder from Richmond, Virginia. A third of the six 
designs is by James Dimond, a Maryland inventor.
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