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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...

South Coast Collection and its OC Mix center, in Costa Mesa, have new tenants. Eggslice, now open inside the Shuck Oyster Bar , offers a type of breakfast sandwich that had its beginning at farmers markets in Australia. Bono Spera, inside the OC Mix, is a women’s athletic apparel store . It also offers Korean skincare products . Opening later this year at SOCO are Natuzzi Italia, a furniture store, and Bang & Olufsen, which sells televisions, music systems, loudspeakers and multimedia products . The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, named after the “Looney Tunes” cartoonist, has expanded by opening the Chuck Jones Gallery in the OC Mix. It will display fine art collections , offer framing services and sell “Looney Tunes”-inspired gifts. Angelitos de Oro partners with South Coast Plaza on promotion Angelitos de Oro, a volunteer group based in Santa Ana, is partnering again with South Coast Plaza to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire. From...

Collect this idea Rooftop lounge at The Dylan in West Hollywood As the second-largest city in the U.S. with the biggest population in California, Los Angeles has mountains, beaches and deserts all within a short driving distance . In addition to a multitude of outdoor activities, L.A. offers job opportunities galore ; its diverse economy is the third largest in the world, after Tokyo and New York. Some of L.A.’s biggest industries include culture , fashion, education, sports, entertainment, medicine and a booming startup tech field that is thriving on the Westside ( nicknamed Silicon Beach ). Los Angeles is often called the creative capital of the world , as one in six residents works in the creative industries of music, TV or film. Not surprisingly, the city has a thriving arts scene . There are more than 800 museums and art galleries in Los Angeles County —   more per person than any other city in the world. And for night owls, the nightclub and restaurant scene offers plenty of...