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A Monumental View, A Constitutional Lesson
Floor-to-ceiling windows give Erica Knievel and Mike Songer plenty of light and a feeling of larger space in their ninth-floor unit.
(Photos By Susan Straight For The Washington Post)
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The Haugheys felt the same way. "When we first saw the building, we though it was totally different" from the many other high-rises they'd looked at in Arlington and the District, Judith Haughey said. "It is so ultra-modern and so different from anything we'd ever lived in," she said. "We wanted something sleek and new and exciting. We knew immediately this was the spot for us."
The sleek sophistication continues into the front lobby, whose most striking feature is a large wall of cream-colored onyx running much of the length of the room and shielding the mailboxes from view. Across from the onyx are floor-to-ceiling windows along the street side, with a 24-hour concierge desk at the rear. Circular couches in bright colors accent warm light wood tones. Walls in the common-area corridors are travertine on the lower half and Venetian plaster on the upper.
The resident lounge is similar to the lobby in design finishes, including the white onyx wall. There are a large plasma TV, a full kitchen, several tables with comfortable orange leather chairs, and lime-green circular couches. Hardwood floors stretch throughout.
The fitness center offers weights, cardio machines and a set of medicine balls.
Some units on the east and west sides of the building have balconies, as well as all of the units on the ninth floor. Erica Knievel and Mike Songer live on this floor and can see the Old Post Office from their one-bedroom unit with floor-to-ceiling walls of windows on two sides.
Knievel (yes, she says, Evel was a distant cousin) and Songer had both lived in other neighborhoods in the District but were looking for a new experience. The two lawyers wanted to be able to walk to work.
"We were excited to try something new," Songer said. "It's a building that doesn't look like anywhere else."
"It has the First Amendment on the side; it's a perfect lawyer building," Knievel said.
