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ISO large, older apartment in walkable neighborhood with good elementary school
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Anonymous
| What are the names of the apts across the street from the Cathedral? I think the name is Alban Towers? I am not sure if they feed into Mann, Eaton, Stodert or something else so double check. But I do believe they are pre-war and have some larger layouts. |
Anonymous
Agree with the former point but still think that the Conn. Ave. apartments near Murch fit the bill on the latter two points. Politics and Prose is a stone's throw from Murch, and half a mile up Conn. Ave are three blocks of shopping--and a library! Less than a mile down Conn. Ave. from Murch in Van Ness is a newly renovated Giant, and less than a mile west is Whole Foods. Cleveland Park has the same range of amenities and there are a number of apartment buildings clustered near the shopping area there. Basically, OP, check Conn. Ave. from Woodley up to the Maryland line; Woodley Park (Oyster), Cleveland Park (Eaton), or Chevy Chase (Murch and Lafayette) would all mostly fit your needs. The neighborhoods and schools farther west are poorer fits: Tenley (Janney) has retail, grocery, public transpo, etc., but fewer apartment buildings; same with Hyde (although less great on public transpo since no Metro). The neighborhoods feeding Mann and Key are pretty residential/non-walkable. |
Anonymous
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OP, I'm really surprised to see so many posters recommend Woodley Park for Oyster without acknowledging that much of Kalorama Triangle is also in-bounds for Oyster. Maybe a lot of these moms are upper-Northwesties who just don't take advantage of the more central walking neighborhoods and aren't as familiar with our side of Connecticut Avenue because it's hard to park here. Kalorama Triangle is a historic district that offers the commercial benefits of Adams Morgan as well as adjacent Dupont and Woodley Park. It is better fixed for playgrounds near the places we run errands than all the other areas mentioned and has an abundance of 1910-1920 coop/condo/rental buildings on residential streets. Life is much more urban and walkable here than someplace like Chevy Chase, and the built environment is older, denser, and more picturesque than all other suggested neighborhoods. We walk about 25 minutes to the Cleveland Park library but could also use the Mt. Pleasant branch.
The only challenge to old, interesting, and library is your 3-bedroom requirement, but this will be the case in any neighborhood in DC. FWIW, I would also look into the buildings across from the Cathedral a PP mentioned because they may offer good bets for 3-bedrooms, but Wisconsin Ave. between Georgetown and Friendship Heights is not designed for pedestrian-level life. For that matter, the walking gets progressively more blah north of the zoo on Connecticut Ave, too. |
Anonymous
Just an FYI, the Alban Towers are very high end. They are not prewar (at least not any longer), they were completely torn down and rebuilt a number of years ago, there was a huge controversy about getting all the tenants out of the buildings before they were redone. I agree they have some larger layouts. |
Anonymous
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The apartments in Glover Park are very small.
I'd do a search for buildings on Wisconsin or Connecticut. Probably 35% of my kid's class at Murch lives in apartments. |
Anonymous
| 4200 and 4201 on Cathedral Ave. are both feeders into Mann and really attractive. Not sure about pre-war. |
Anonymous
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Be careful about the Oyster boundaries in Kalorama. Get an updated map from the school. It is also a considerable walk across the bridge, farther than described for other schools/apartments. We love Adams Morgan and were lucky enough to get into Oyster OOB but that was a fluke. Several friends thought that they were in bounds for Oyster/Adams but are actually in bounds for Marie Reed.
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Anonymous
| Three bedrooms is going to be tough. I live in an old pre-war in Adams Morgan and there are a handful of 3 BR in 2 buildings on Ontario but they are zoned for H.D. Cooke (we are in private). I'd ask a real estate agent. I'm not sure that you couldn't buy a small duplex in bounds for Murch for what a 3 BR apartment would cost. I do think that a large 2 BR with dining room is feasible on Connecticut, in bounds for Oyster or Murch. If you are set on an apartment, when do you need it? There may be little turn over in apartments that size. |
Anonymous
The bridge could use some beautifying to make the walk more pleasant, but it is actually quite short. We used to have a 20 minute walk to Oyster, of which the bridge itself cost fewer than five minutes. Also it is worth remembering that after 3rd grade, the students move to the school's Adams Morgan campus. It is true that house-hunters need to watch the school boundary carefully in Kalorama Triangle, but from OP's post, I think the neighborhood would suit her best. |
Anonymous
Well, sure, except for OP's very first criterion of 3 BR and 2 BA, as the original Kalorama Triangle poster acknowledged. |
Anonymous
| I posted both messages. Again, the three bedrooms will be a problem everywhere, but we have the best pre-war stock here and are in the least car-dependent neighborhood. |
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