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Architecture

Washington’s built environment is the product of grand ambitions, fierce debates, and brilliant (and sometimes terrible) ideas across more than two centuries. These posts dig into the buildings, architects, and design decisions that shaped the city we know today.

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The new Peet residence at 3314 Newark Street, a stucco house with a hipped roof and dormer, Evening Star, August 29, 19083314 Newark Street and the Robin Hood Club Fire of 1912Oct 17The Old Stone House, a small two-story fieldstone house with dormer windows and a tall chimney, on M Street in GeorgetownIs the Old Stone House Haunted? Georgetown’s 1765 SurvivorOct 7EpisodeScanned 1974 brochure image of The Colonnade's bilevel pool terrace, with the pergola on the upper tier and cabanas lining the lower pool deck.The Colonnade: A Washington Home to Senators and JusticesOct 6

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The Newton Theater's original Zink marquee and ziggurat over the CVS Pharmacy tenant, April 2007Newton Theater: The 1937 Brookland Movie House Behind the 12th Street CVSSep 27The Avalon Theatre in Chevy Chase DC: 100 Years of MoviesSep 2The four-story brick facade of 1627 Lamont Street NW today1627 Lamont Street NW: A 1908 Walk-Up With a 1927 Front-Page TragedyAug 24The General Scott apartment building at 1 Scott Circle NW, Washington DCThe General Scott Apartments: A 1940 Deco Landmark on Scott CircleAug 21Meridian Mansions in the 1920s, seen from 16th and Crescent Streets NWMeridian Mansions: Senators, a Czech Flag, and a Century at 2400 16th StreetJul 10The Rotonda McLean main entrance fountain on Greensboro Drive with two of the curved condo towers in the backgroundThe Rotonda McLean: Tysons Corner’s Original Condo IslandJul 3
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