The Kennedy-Warren: A Building With My Name On It!

In 1935, when Harry Truman rented a 2-bedroom apartment at the Kennedy-Warren, his rent was an outrageous $150 per month. Today, there is one available for a montly rent of $7,500.

This Art Deco landmark is located at 3133 Connecticut Avenue NW, sitting on about four city blocks between Klingle Valley and the National Zoo.

Architect Joseph Younger designed the building for Edgar Kennedy and Monroe Warren, and soon after it opened in 1931, the Depression caught up with them. At that time – and since then – the Kennedy Warren has been a bank owned property. And B.F. Saul, the local lender that took it over when Kennedy and Warren bellied up, completed the building according to Younger’s original plan (the plans turned up after being lost for decades). They started the project in 2002 and finished it three years later.

What amazes me about the Kennedy Warren is that the new section has perfectly duplicated the architectural detail.

If the Kennedy Warren ever goes condo, and if I can live there with Willie the hyperactive Labradoodle puppy, I will be the first in line to buy a place there – after all, my name’s on the building marquis!

Oh! and here is Joseph Younger's original drawing, which is now, after more than seven decades, a reality!