Debate Over Third Church of Christ Continues with Lawsuit
The saga over the Third Church of Christ, Scientist, continues. Members of the church at 16th and I streets, NW–who want to tear the building down and replace it with a new structure–have sued D.C. for...
View ArticlePrice Drop: Slayton House Drops $425K; Now $3.825 Million
Big price drop on the I.M. Pei/Hugh Newell Jacobsen Slayton House.
View ArticleA Tour of Southwest
More than 50 years ago, Southwest D.C. underwent a massive transformation, representing the largest urban renewal project in U.S. history. The project covered 113 blocks, more than 450 acres and led to...
View ArticleDwell Does D.C. and Baltimore
There’s an interesting piece about D.C. in the latest Dwell. Highlighted in its Detour column, Washington is described as “not all political wonks and Masonic conspiracies: It’s also a highly walkable...
View ArticleI.M Pei’s Slayton House Drops to $2.95 Million; Jacobsen’s Three Linked...
The 1960 I.M. Pei Slayton House has been relisted at $2.95 million. It originally went on the market around a year for $4.25 million. Pei designed the Cleveland Park home (located here), with its...
View ArticleModern Capital’s Letter on Dwell’s D.C. ‘Detour’
I just received the new issue of Dwell, which contains a letter to the editor I wrote in response to the magazine’s “Detour” piece on D.C. that ran in the December/January issue. At the time, I wrote...
View ArticleSummer Reading: Larry Van Dyne’s ‘Tear It Down! Save It!’
If you are looking for something to read on the beach this summer, take a look at this fascinating 10,000-word Washingtonian article by Larry Van Dyne on the history of Washington preservation efforts,...
View ArticleSold: I.M. Pei Slayton House Sells for $2.618 Million
The I.M. Pei Slayton House (with updates by Hugh Newell Jacobsen) has sold after being on the market since early 2008. The original listing price for the 1960 Cleveland Park property was $4.25 million....
View ArticleCondo in I.M. Pei Building in SW – $275K
If you can’t stand the thought of living in some ugly post-modern condo building in DC but want an updated, contemporary unit in a mid-century modern building, take a look at this condo in Waterfront...
View ArticleCondo in Southwest I.M. Pei Building – $299K
Here’s another post on Southwest. This one is for a contemporary 1 bed/1 bath unit in a mid-century modern building designed by I.M. Pei. Waterfront Tower, as it is now called, is one of four buildings...
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