Real Estate Listings: Splendid Homes of Former Ambassadors and Cabinet Secretaries
• November 28, 2022

One great facet of D.C. real estate is that the houses are often grand and downright awe-inspiring. A recent listing and one contingent sale hold up to the grandeur: one, […]

Live and Learn
• August 13, 2020

SMART TECH AND SOPHISTICATED STYLING CREATE A HOME THAT’S READY FOR ANYTHING There’s more to 1639 35th St. NW than meets the eye. From the outside, the traditional white colonial […]

Out of Many, One
• February 26, 2020

A GEORGETOWN ROW HOUSE WITH A STORIED PAST COMES INTO ITS OWN. The serene Federalist at 1431 33rd St NW is a jewel box of a house with an unusual […]

Cool Spaces
• January 30, 2020

The traditional office is getting a makeover. Gone are the cube farms, walled-in offices and rigid hierarchies. Today’s workspace embraces collaboration, wellness, sustainability and all the comforts of home. Almost […]

Want to Buy a Frat House? Just $3.9 Million
• January 15, 2020

It’s not very often that one gets a chance to buy a genuine, big piece of Georgetown history — and a fraternity house, no less, owned by Delta Phi Epsilon […]

Everything Old Is New Again
• December 4, 2019

BEHIND ITS TRADITIONAL FAÇADE, AN 18TH-CENTURY TOWNHOUSE LUXURIATES IN A THOROUGHLY MODERN MAKEOVER. Nicholas Hedges, the builder behind Evermay, would be pleased. His own residence, built in 1780 and located […]

The Fall Market: Q&A With Brokers
• November 6, 2019

For this edition of The Georgetowner’s Fall Real Estate Special, we asked real estate brokers a few quick questions to assess the current situation.

Architect David Adjaye: Beyond the Monumental
• February 10, 2017

The latest version of Adjaye’s design for the Levy Group’s West Heating Plant project will be unveiled at a March 9 meeting at the Four Seasons.

Wanna Eat Sushi Off My Garage Floor?
• October 6, 2016

Sleeping 15 feet above a continually cracking garage floor for over 20 years finally produced one too many radon nightmares for me to ignore any longer. Structural dreams that ended […]

Historic DC: Destiny and the Founding of a Capital
• September 7, 2016

After the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers had to choose a capital city. The place we now know as Washington, D.C., was not everybody’s first choice. In the late 1700s, […]