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April 17, 2006
11 Years Later
Since we were coming into the District from the northeast approach the first thing we did was drive by our old apartment on Capitol Hill. The neighborhood had really not changed at all, but sadly our building was not as nice as it was when we lived there 11 years ago.
This picture is from 1995. We lived on the second floor. The front yard may look like just a jumble of plants but it was actually a beautiful garden created by the guys on the top floor, the apartment with the window boxes. The building was in beautiful shape as the owners, who had recently moved out, had lived there a while. Our apartment was gorgeous. Many of the walls were exposed brick and we had a fireplace.
This was taken Saturday. I sure wouldn't want to live on the second floor now with those trees blocking the windows. I don't know if the same couple own the building but it doesn't look like it has been owner occupied in the past 11 years. The paint on trim has really faded (it's not just the difference in lighting in the 2 photos) and there was no garden at all. Notice the bars on the window- par for the course for Washington, DC. That first floor apartment was actaully burglarized while we were loading our moving truck to leave.
Posted by Julee at April 17, 2006 08:53 PM
Comments
I love beautiful old apartment buildings. How sad that this one has been let go.
Posted by: Lisa at April 17, 2006 09:26 PM
So sad to see such a quaint building go downhill
Posted by: Yolanda at April 17, 2006 09:59 PM