While the amenity list is not yet public, what gives this building a greater exclusivity than rival The Lauren, is that there will be only 4 owners in the whole building. Each level of the top four stories will be one condo unit in and of itself.
Private garages will be on the ground level, and private elevators will whisk you directly up to your unit. Meaning that, if you want to ask your neighbor if he or she has any Grey Poupon, you'd better catch 'em before their Rolls disappears into their garage.
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| This used to be a single-family home |
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| What was that street number again? |
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| Can't you just imagine easing your Bentley into one of these? |
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| A closer look |
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| This shows what the facade design will be based on structurally |
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| OK, neighbors, let's all squeeze into the shot together |
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| Photobombed by a classic Ford Taurus station wagon |
11 comments:
WE MUST TAKE BACK MONTGOMERY COUNTY FROM THE COMUNISTS & STOP THESE SOVIET-STYLE ULTRA-LUXURY CONDOES!!1!
"...THESE SOVIET-STYLE ULTRA-LUXURY CONDOES [sic]"
Let's play a game of Spot the Oxymoron...
"Private garages will be on the ground level, and private elevators will whisk you directly up to your unit. Meaning that, if you want to ask your neighbor if he or she has any Herr's Old Bay Cheese Puffs, you'd better catch 'em before their Rolls disappears into their garage."
"Meaning that, if you want to ask your neighbor if he or she has any Grey Poupon, you'd better catch 'em before their Rolls disappears into their garage."
This. Is tragedy (er, travesty?) At its finest. I'm quite certain there is no page in the Emily Post Book of Etiquette on procuring Le Poupon under such circumstances!
...Images of the limited logistical possibilities here made my eyes water, though not half as much as the logistics involved if negotiations are actually successful. [Exhibit B. "The Switch"] And let's not forget [Exhibit C. "The Return of Poupon"].
Will these four, individually wrapped Floor-Boarders even be allowed to introduce the likes of traditional French's Yellow Mustard to a locale such as this?
Reaching past the condiments: So many costly barriers to ensure self-isolation, if even with the poshest of touches. Is a structure like this providing actual luxury? Or might it also serve as a visual societal indictment: The lengths we are now willing to go, to ensure that our lives never touch.
I hope I may always have Poupon to loan.
2:57 PM Clearly you are unfamiliar with the glorious subculture of Old Bay Cheese Puff aficionados. We know better than to ask a fellow fan for a spare. To do so can be fairly traumatizing on both sides. We make up for it with the occasional huge party with at least four specialty beers on tap, an open bar, and bags thrown everywhere. (How can you not know these things.)
Those commenting about isolation - do you know your neighbors?
The views will be spectacular! The windows of the townhouses across the street are myriad proscenium arches for the theatre of life. And from the penthouse apartment, the the roof of the county liquor store on Hampden Lane will delight the eye and tantalize the palate. Why live in Georgetown with a river view when you could be here?
8:12PM Fair Q. -Some I know; some not at all. A few, to the extent we've shared BBQs, birthdays, career celebrations, and losses in the families.
I can appreciate the wish for privacy and escape in a city. I believe I was pondering from a broader, psychosocial standpoint, what gets perceived as luxury these days. I don't believe isolation affords happiness, just insulation; yet it's a popular choice. It was mine, for a few years.
Imagine that incredibly awkward moment when one of the residents pulls into his parking space, and another resident pulls into his own parking space during those precious moments before the first owner gets a chance to escape into his personal elevator.
There must be a name for this dreadful phenomenon. I nominate "4825ed".
"I thought I was going to have perfect privacy in my new Soviet-style ultraluxury condo, but I've gotten 4825ed twice in the garage in just the past week."
Do you hang out with your neigjbors?
When this development was first proposed, the neighbors complained that it would produce too much traffic. The plan changed from a larger number of smaller units to a small number of larger units. Now that the developer is building in response to the public comments, people are still complaining. Regardless of what was built, people would complain. I personally feel that this is a good addition to Bethesda.
9:48 Were the complaints about this one, or the one nearby on West Lane?
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