A century ago, the popularity of early Washington landmarks like Stoneleigh Court and the controversial Cairo (which, at a soaring twelve stories, shocked District officials into enacting the city's height limit) made it clear that apartment living was here to stay. By the 1920s, Beaux Art and Art Deco palaces offered residents all the luxuries of a first-class hotel: barbershops, ballrooms, rooftop terraces, and indoor pools. Soon other innovations in apartment living--the garden complex, the cooperative, and the mixed-use ...
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A century ago, the popularity of early Washington landmarks like Stoneleigh Court and the controversial Cairo (which, at a soaring twelve stories, shocked District officials into enacting the city's height limit) made it clear that apartment living was here to stay. By the 1920s, Beaux Art and Art Deco palaces offered residents all the luxuries of a first-class hotel: barbershops, ballrooms, rooftop terraces, and indoor pools. Soon other innovations in apartment living--the garden complex, the cooperative, and the mixed-use building--put Washington at the forefront of urban planning. Today the resurgence of the historic heart of the nation's capital has created an apartment boom rivaled only by that of the 1920s. Through residents' personal recollections, original floor plans, and more than 690 photographs, Best Addresses offers an intimate tour behind the facades of 162 remarkable buildings. Some have already been destroyed or disfigured beyond repair, making their preservation here especially valuable, while others continue to set the standard for elegant living in the nation's capital.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0874744768. Black and white photographs by James Stafford Phillips and James F. Tetro throughout. First edition. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner in 1989. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Very good in very good jacket. Quarto, cloth, very good in dust jacket. Inscribed to Louise Steele by the author; she was a volunteer at the Smithsonian who worked there for years answering phoned in questions. It is affectionately inscribed to her as "the premier volunteer in the Castle." Also inscribed by Bob Hardgrove, who had a fancy apartment in the Altamont featured in this book, to friends of his in 2003 on the same page as the other inscription. 597 pp, illustrated. Will require extra shipping charges, it's a large heavy book.
