Neither/Nor--DC's Strangest Suburb
By Catarina Bannier, DC Real Estate The Smart And Fun Way
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Okay, all you historic homes buffs: take a look at the picture on the left.Where would you think this is? In the US? Holland? Poland? Someplace in the Baltic? And when do you think the houses were built? In the 19th century? Or the 17th?Well, try again. How about 2008, brand-new construction in the Washington, DC suburbs?Yes, you read that correctly. The National Park Seminary in close-in Silver Spring is the quirkiest new development in our ‘burbs, an eclectic mix of townhouses and condos that are sleek and contemporary inside and feature facades in Tudor, Colonial and whatever-period stucco style.(Okay, I admit, tinting my picture in sepia was a little misleading. To make up for it, I show you a "real" one on the right. That's the old town market square of Wroclaw in Poland, formerl...
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