Is "The City Beautiful" (Orlando's motto) grammatically correct?

I have always wondered why the motto of the City of Orlando, FL (USA) is worded as The City Beautiful instead of The Beautiful City:

Is The City Beautiful grammatically correct? If so, do you have examples of mottos or common phrases that use the adjective after the noun?

Solution 1:

This is anastrophe, or more broadly, hyperbaton: a change to conventional word order for the sake of emphasis, in this case poetic effect. The first article mentions the City Beautiful movement specifically. Here, interesting you might find this question.

Solution 2:

Yes, the phrase is grammatically correct. It is an example of anastrophe, as @Jon Purdy stated.

Here is an example which would negate the conjecture that using the adjective after the noun is archaic usage: The magazine whose title is House Beautiful. This was a popular print magazine and continues to exist in the present as a popular online publication.

Also consider the series of contemporary books by James Herriot (first published in 1972):

• All Things Bright and Beautiful
• All Things Wise and Wonderful
• All Creatures Great and Small

Each of these are examples of adjective following the noun. All are contemporary titles.