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New 4 Unit Condo Coming to 10th Street, NW

March 11th, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Buildings, Development, Neighborhoods - U Street | 7 Comments »

Thanks to a reader for the heads up. When I took the above photo I actually ran into the new owner. The property was just purchased by Lock 7 Development. They will be building a 4 unit condo on this property located on 10th Street, NW just north of V. Here’s a rendering:

View larger image here – 10th Street Rendering

I’ll be sure to update with photos as the building develops. The owner expects it to be completed in roughly 6 months.

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Judging New Buildings – 11th Street, NW

March 10th, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Architecture, Buildings, Neighborhoods - U Street, Pop Ups | 6 Comments »

Obviously the building above still has a ways to go before it is finished but I thought is was wild how large the expansion is. You can see the size of the original building in blue. Hard to predict at the moment but do you think this large an expansion/Pop up and out is gonna work? It is located on 11th Street, NW just south of Florida Ave.

And a couple blocks further south on 11th you’ll find this building that we’ve been tracking. Honestly, I keep changing my mind on this one, sometimes I dig it sometimes not so much. It is interesting to note how this section of 11th some surrounding streets have attracted so many modern designs.

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Judging Buildings – Hoffman Row

March 8th, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Buildings, Neighborhoods - U Street | 11 Comments »

We’ve judged the Union Row building at 14th and V Streets, NW before but I just noticed this phenomenal room in the courtyard. It’s gotta be one of the best rooms in town:

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Judging Buildings

March 5th, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Architecture, Buildings | 7 Comments »

We’ve judged the restaurant founding farmers located at 1924 Pennsylvania Ave, NW but the building itself (IMF HQ) is worth judging. People, including myself, have pretty strong opinions about many new glass buildings. I think this one looks pretty sweet. What do you think – thumbs up or down?

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Anyone Ever Check Out Pangea Market?

March 4th, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Buildings, Neighborhoods - Foggy Bottom, Retail | 5 Comments »

Well this looks pretty cool. According to their Web site:

“Pangea is Greek for “all lands”. Pangeamarket.com, supported by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), brings together traditional high quality handicrafts made by artisans in developing countries. This is the first time that most of these products have been available for purchase online and in our Washington, DC store. Come in and purchase these beautiful, fair trade crafts, jewelry, home décor, accessories and more, learn about the products’ origins and know that your purchase helps create sustainable livelihoods for artisans in Asia, Africa and Latin America.”

The store itself is located at 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW and you can take a tour here. The building itself (IFC HQ) is also pretty sweet:

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Judging Buildings – GW Dorms

March 4th, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Architecture, Buildings, Neighborhoods - Foggy Bottom | 10 Comments »

Clearly this was built in the last few years. It looks like it could be a new condo. Not too bad for a dorm, yeah? It’s South Hall located at 2135 F Street, NW. Thumbs up or down?

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Judging Buildings

March 3rd, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Buildings | 10 Comments »

The Pan American Health Organization building is located at 525 Twenty-third Street, NW. I’m loving this one. You?

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Dear PoP – Awesome Pop Up

March 3rd, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Buildings, Pop Ups | 2 Comments »

“Dear PoP,

Its the “International Campaign for Tibet” edition. This was taken from the roof of my building on Jefferson Pl. NW (Between Connecticut and 19th Street). I wonder if the Dalai Lama stays up there when he is visiting?”

Nice find!

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What the Helen of Troy is This?

March 2nd, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Buildings, What the Helen of Troy is This? | 13 Comments »

Well the building is the Federal Reserve. But I’m curious about the steps:

Anyone know what these stars represent?

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Judging Buildings/Additions

March 2nd, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Architecture, Buildings, Neighborhoods - Foggy Bottom | 4 Comments »

I thought these were two cool examples from GW University. Above is from the Marvin Center:

I think the glass part looks fantastic and actually blends a bit with the concrete part. What do you guys think?

And not too far away is a pretty seemless brick extension:

The front part of the brick building above houses the GW Tonic.

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Judging Buildings in Progress – USIP

March 1st, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Architecture, Buildings | 5 Comments »

The new United States Institute of Peace building is located at Constitution Avenue and 23rd Street, NW. You can learn more about the architect and building here. I happened to have passed this weekend and was blown away because I hadn’t been in that area in ages. What do you think of the design of the building?

Here’s a rendering:

A few more photos of the progress and another rendering after the jump. Read Full Post

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Oh, Cool – A Gate House From 1828

February 28th, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Buildings, History | 4 Comments »

It always boggles my mind how many things I have overlooked in this city. I think I’ve walked past this gatehouse hundreds of times located at 15th and Constitution (another is located at 17th and Constitution). It has a neat history:

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Anyone Know the Plans for this Building?

February 24th, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Buildings, Development, Neighborhoods - Chinatown/Penn Quarter, Neighborhoods - Downtown | 2 Comments »

It seems the old Webster School located at 940 H Street, NW has been boarded up for ages. This is such a prime location that it must be on someone’s radar. Does anyone know if/what the future plans are here?

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Judging Houses Getting Renovated

February 24th, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Architecture, Buildings, Renovation | 3 Comments »

The great one above is located, of course, in the Forest Hills neighborhood. And a reader writes in about the Petworth Bungalow below:

“Thought you might be interested in this renovation that is going on! Since moving into the 300 block of Rock Creek Church Road, we learned that this single family, detached bugalow has been empty for a while and has been the ugly one on the block. Rumor has it that it was to be a boarding house for troubled girls, but the organizer ran out of funds. It has since been picked up by “We Buy Ugly Houses.” I spoke with the manager of their DC properties and he said it would be a beauty! Originally, the owners talked about demo-ing and trying to build a monster house. They decided against it as it was already quite sizable and they were ablet o avoid major changes to the permits (apparently, when they bought the place it came with approved plans!) Once done, it will be a 5 bedroom, 4.5 house with finished space over 3500 square feet! It was painted last week and is looking quite nice with new windows, a new roof and a new porch. This will be one to keep an eye on for a pulse on prices in the neighborhood!”

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What the Helen of Troy is This?

February 23rd, 2010 | By Prince Of Petworth in Buildings, Neighborhoods - Tenleytown, What the Helen of Troy is This? | 11 Comments »

You guys haven’t been stumped yet this week. Ever actually. So this is located on a huge piece of land not terribly far from Tenleytown. Here’s the corner where I took the photo:

Was this a former military testing ground or something like that?

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