This is an advertisement from The Washington Post, printed on Wednesday, October 23rd, 1963. It’s so sad that developers destroyed basically all of southwest to “modernize it” with these brutalist, Soviet-looking buildings.
The 1963 Washington Post Ad for Capitol Park Townhouses in Southwest DC
That time period produced some of the worst examples of architecture under the guise of modernization .
Wrongo….”brutalist, Soviet-looking buildings.” might describe Tiber Island at 4th and M SW but Capitol Park is pretty innocuous suburban apartment architecture with a wealth of brick detail: https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=Capitol+Park+Plaza&data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-77.01409!3d38.879288!2m2!1f351.41!2f90!4f75!2m7!1e1!2m2!1sdkyOzoSAs2wfJRXk6j9eAw!2e0!5m2!1sdkyOzoSAs2wfJRXk6j9eAw!2e0!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x0%3A0xe954db740047bbdd!3m8!1m3!1d1529!2d-77.014099!3d38.8806589!3m2!1i1600!2i756!4f13.1!4m2!3d38.8796457!4d-77.0141602&fid=5
The townhomes are undistinguished but hardly brutalist. It’s actually a pleasant little enclave.
Agreed with M_B_G. As a resident of CP myself, I’d say if anything it’s an example of the beneficial impact that these urban renewal efforts can sometimes have if done right.
Put another way, I seriously doubt the Soviet Union had anything like the beautiful pastel colored buildings, well-maintained footpaths, and tree-lined roundabouts that the complex has.