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455 Eye Street NW, a new apartment building, incorporates three historic buildings . All images from Equity Residential used with permission. As DC grows, new buildings are often required to incorporate historic structures . That’s easier said than done, but the results can be worth the effort. Here’s how one new apartment building in Mount Vernon Triangle incorporated three historic buildings for new uses. Located within the Mount Vernon Triangle Historic District , 455 Eye Street is a 174- unit residential building that opened this June. It consists of a tower atop three historic buildings around a landscaped courtyard. The historic structures provide a focal point and now house the building’s amenity spaces and a future restaurant. Here’s how they did it The District of Columbia is home to 27,000 buildings in 60 historic districts, including 600 buildings designated as historic landmarks with the National Trust for Historic Preservation . DC’s Office of Planning reviewed m...

Kathryn Greiner , the former City of Sydney councillor and Gonski Review panellist , has downsized to a $ 4 million penthouse in the Paddington Green complex . Greiner, AO is the one-time first lady of state politics when her former husband Nick Greiner was NSW premier from 1988 to 1992. However, the couple’s split in 2013 prompted them to sell their Centennial Park mansion for $6.25 million the following year. Kathryn Greiner 's new spread in Paddington." /> Kathryn Greiner ’s new spread in Paddington. Photo: Supplied Greiner has been rumoured to be house hunting a decent downsizer in the years since. Her new digs is a whole-floor spread with three bedrooms and 213 square metres of wraparound terrace.  It was owned by LHC Capital co- founder Marcus Hughes , who bought it three years ago for $2.9 million. Nick Greiner, meanwhile, has moved to Point Piper where he and his partner Carolyn Fletcher bought an apartment for $5.5 million in 2014. Kathryn Greiner at 21/4 Y...