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adaptiveWashington, DC • 1942 (ongoing conversions)

McLean Gardens

Architect
WW2 garden apartments (1942)
Scale31 Units • 4 Floors
McLean Garde
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Project Overview

WW2 garden apartments: narrow 4-story buildings with single-stair access per entrance; built under a waiver for 4-story single-stair. Incrementally renovated and converted over decades (condo/co-op), an ongoing single-stair retrofit story.

Key Features

  • Garden apartments
  • Single-stair entrances
  • Wartime waiver
  • Incremental renovations

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