Your weekly chance to take a stab at real estate appraisal.
This spectacular custom-built masterpiece was created by acclaimed Builder Clemens Construction and weighs in at just over 16,000 sq ft. But you already knew that, now that all the guesses are in… its time for the big reveal… all this can be yours for $9,500,000 (that would be about a $37,000 a month mortgage if you’re interested)
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From the right perspective, even the massive mechanical monotony of construction equipment takes on a peaceful look at sunset (I know you like that alliteration).
So Washington… where’s your favorite place to watch a sunset in the DC Area?
[Photo Flickr: Grundelpuck]
Your weekly chance to take a stab at real estate appraisal. Submit your guesses in the comments and closest guess gets the pricespotter crown for the week.
What is this exactly? This is a house with an identity crisis, part European villa, part mountain lodge. Can’t imagine the neighbors were to happy to see this huge 16,000 sq ft. monstrosity go up, but now it’s yours for the bidding. Do the neighborhood a favor and make this the most expensive teardown in the area.
The Big Reveal and bragging rights for the closest guess will be this Friday afternoon.
Another picture (with a zebra rug) and all the specs after the jump
As the hundreds of thousands of us who commute everyday on metro take our daily flight down escalators and elevators, we often loose sight of the fact that our metro is in fact just an underground tunnel. Someone had to have dug the hole which we so swiftly, or not so swiftly, travel day in and day out.
This photo circa 1988, shows light pouring through an opening from above onto underground construction equipment. The green glow provides an interesting counterpoint to the light from above.
With the clean lines of our metro system and seem-less integration into our downtown area, many people can go from condo to office building without ever going outside and though Metro doesn’t go everywhere, the thought that went into construction was truly impressive![Photo Paul A. Souders/CORBIS]
In a town full of monuments we often take for granted the major effort that went into building these massive structures. Many modern advances in construction were not available when some of the most impressive, and grand in scale memorials were built.
The Lincoln Memorial’s architect Henry Bacon and sculptor Daniel Chester French employed hundreds of men and huge systems of pulleys to construct the building with its distinctive architectural acents modeled on a Greek Doric temple.
When you realize the effort it took to build some of these structures it really makes you appreciate their scale.
