About Washington's Woodley Park

When you cross Rock Creek Park on the Duke Ellington Bridge, this wonderful mural of Marilyn Monroe welcomes you to Woodley Park.

Back in 1981, Salon Roi, a great place to go for a spa day, comissioned artist John Bailey to do the Marilyn mural. Now, 30 years later, the colors are a little flat. She probably needs to have a little work done.

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When you come up out of the Metro at the Woodley Park Station, this fellow is there to greet you. He sort of conveys part of the charm of this popular intown neighborhood. He stands in front of a wonderful old building, the Wardman Towers, that was once home to Vice President Sprio Agnew. It's hard to walk or drive by this guy without smiling!

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Woodley Park Towers is an exquisite condo building in Washington, DC, just steps from the National Zoo. Built as an apartment building in 1929 by Louis T. Rouleau, Sr., the building was converted to condominiums in 1973.

The Woodley Park Towers is built of tan brick, with a moderated Art Deco geometric detailing. The building occupies land between Connecticut Avenue and Devonshire Place, with a Devonshire Place mailing address. There is extensive landscaping in front of the building and in the rear, and a graceful semicircular driveway in front, running under the stylish marquee overhang at the front of the building.

When Woodley Park Towers initially opened in 1930, the first floor included a 100 seat public restaurant, a common feature in the upscale apartment buildings constructed along Connecticut Avenue. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed in early 1931 because it had a miserable location (far away from Connecticut Ave.) and was prohibited from advertising by the local zoning laws.

Famous residents of the Woodley Park Towers included Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird. Harry Truman used to visit and play poker at the buiding. Definately you should check it out. Just give Lise Howe a call at 240-401-5577!

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!