Posts belonging to Category The Floridian
Posted by georgette on May 10, 2010
Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters was here in D.C. projecting a quote by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on buildings around town Friday and Saturday night. Let me say that again, because it bears repeating: Roger Waters, the guy who wrote “Wish You Were Here,” is using a laser light projector to display a line from President Ike’s Cross of Iron speech.
The quote’s a decent one: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” Ike had more District-appropriate sound bytes: “There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.” And while it might be a bit minimal for Waters’s purposes, it’s another Ike saying that I like: “Who’s been counting my fish?”
I can only presume these light installations are an advertorial for Waters’s “The Wall Live” tour, which will stop at the Verizon Center (though not until October 10). People of Eisenhower’s generation grew up listening to Pink Floyd, so that explains the affinity. But what about these buildings? Can any readers out there ID them?
Sorry, Waters, but Yoko Ono beat you to this one.
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Posted by georgette on March 15, 2010
The Floridian roars back on the market with 20 deals in 20 days. Since the Grand Opening of the Floridian, UrbanLand Company has seen alot of traffic at this two tower complex. The night of the Opening, 250 people flooded the halls of the building, open units and roof deck, all trying to take a [...]
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Posted by georgette on February 23, 2010
The Floridian Condo is coming back on the market and with a bang! UrbanLand Company is hosting a Grand Opening this Thursday, February 25, 2010 from 6-9pm; there will be valet parking and complimentary cocktails. The project has two, eight story towers of stone, glass, and steel finishes with dramatic sweeping city views. It’s located [...]
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Posted by georgette on February 1, 2010
Exactly a month after Bank of America filed a notice of foreclosure on U Street’s The Floridian, the Goldstar Group scooped it up in what it calls an “unconventional” transaction.
The Bethesda-based company and its recently formed financing arm, Metropolis Capital Finance, purchased the 118-unit condominium building for less than the $31.8 million on the note [...]
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