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Embassies on Embassy Row Face Upkeep Fight Over Blight
In Washington's Embassy Row residents protest neglectful upkeep and unwelcoming conversions that turn historic mansions and chanceries into drab office fronts. Local activists like John Sukenik press for better enforcement while State Department OFM plans guidelines and outreach to diplomats.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
District of Property
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State Department
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Office of Foreign Missions
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Howard Taft
Wyoming Avenue
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Myanmar
Woodrow Wilson
Mauritania
Sheridan-Kalorama
Massachusetts Avenue
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Joel Barlow
John Sukenik
Sukenik
Jim Graham
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Special Board of Zoning Adjustment
Turkey
Frank Lloyd Wright