Good R-key-tex-ure
Ran round Shaw taking pictures for a project I will never finish (at this rate). As I snapped, or in the case of the mix of the digital cameras, pressed-waited-snapped I noticed some pretty cool buildings on the borders of Shaw. The image above is a firehouse, turned warehouse(?) on New York Avenue. I would have the whole image, but I forgot I left it on zoom. A little paint, new windows, total rehab, it would make a supercool loft. All the old firehouses would make supercool lofts. There is a firehouse, a block north of Shaw in Eckington on North Capitol, that is just begging for something to be redone. It did get a paint job, raising hopes that they'll be more improvement, but alas, no.Beyond firehouses there were homes with turrets and homes with built in porches (see below). Luckily there are some that remain open. I'm thinking of at least one house that barred the porch and it looks just horrid.
Labels: houses
posted by Mari @ 28.8.04
3 Comments:
I'm glad you like our porch and turrets. We like your blog. We're renters, not sure if that makes us gentrifiers or not. Anyway, we took the Christmas lights down, the property manager didn't like them (in August anyway).
Tenant at 1425 New Jersey
I think I am missing something, I can't find your e-mail address.
Oh the e-mail is somewhere on the right. It is inshaw @ att period com.
Not com but net. att.net, sorry.
I'm happy you enjoy the blog. Christmas lights or no Christmas lights it is still a really cool porch.
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