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Thursday, October 02, 2014

Bloomingdale's Gage School condos (Parker Flats) mentioned in WaPo article "Historic DC school buildings find new life as condos"

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I have copied in the section that mentions Bloomingdale's Gage School condos called Parker Flats.

 Real Estate

Too cool for school: Historic D.C. school buildings find new life as condos

  
 October 2 at 8:00 AM


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Part of the appeal of school condos is the variety of unit designs in spaces once used as classrooms, cloakrooms and corridors. Former Navy officer Alicia Washkevich, 33, who now works at the Sierra Club, bought one of the smallest units in the remodeled Gage School in LeDroit Park based on its architectural character.
“I fell in love immediately with the exposed brick walls,” says Washkevich, who paid $240,000 for her L-shaped efficiency in 2012.
“Because of the high ceilings, the space feels bigger and the closets are taller for more storage.”
Built in 1902, the remodeled Georgian Revival-style Gage School is part of a three-building complex developed by Urban Realty Advisors to maximize the number of housing units on the site.
“The 59 units in two new buildings on the site gave the project critical mass and justified the investment required to save and adapt the landmark school,” says architect David Haresign of Bonstra Haresign, the District firm responsible for the design.
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