Absorb 110 years of architecture and urban design along the Kalorama neighborhood’s Connecticut Avenue corridor during a walking tour with D.C.-based architect Philip A. Esocoff, FAIA. Discover how a collection of apartment, hotel, and embassy buildings located on the boundary of two historic districts (Sheridan-Kalorama and Kalorama Triangle) maintain clear identities while contributing to a gracious, coherent, and compelling public realm. Buildings highlighted include:
- The Woodward, a seven-story Beaux Arts-style condominium erected in 1911;
- The Chinese Embassy complex;
- The Dresden, noted for its curved front façade, developed in 1901 by prominent builder Harry Wardman;
- The Mendota (1901), D.C.’s oldest cooperative apartment building;
- And more!
Esocoff was a resident of this neighborhood for years and considers these buildings old friends and, in some respects, collaborators in his work.
Philip A. Esocoff, FAIA, has practiced architecture in the nation’s capital for over thirty years, and is a recognized authority on urban planning and architectural design. His award-winning projects include Senate Square in D.C.’s H Street corridor, The Jefferson in Penn Quarter, the former Greyhound Bus Terminal on New York Avenue, and The Whitman condominium in Shaw. Esocoff received his professional education at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Architectural Association, London, and has been inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. He is married to D.C.-based architect, Amy Weinstein.