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Michael Kain opened a commercial real estate office in the neighborhood in 1978. These days, he manages more than a dozen properties on Connecticut Avenue. «It’s a very diverse neighborhood economically and ethnically as well,» said Kain, 70.

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Now retired, she recalls finding needles and half pint gin bottles near their 1906 rowhouse when they moved to the neighborhood. The appeal was that they could walk to work.

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Railroad moncler outlet online shop magnate Richard H. Townsend commissioned New York architects Carrere and Hastings in 1898 to remodel the residence at 2121 Massachusetts Ave. NW, built to resemble the Petit Trianon at Versailles. Today, it is home to the Cosmos Club. Massachusetts Avenue west of 17th Street became an elegant Beaux Arts boulevard.

Change swept through the neighborhood in the 20th century, including post World War II attempts to rezone the residential community for high density use. Historic Preservation Office. The riots of 1968 left burned buildings in their wake. Some residents fled to the suburbs.

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