Designed by Division1, The Lacey is a 26-unit, four level, 25,000 SF residential building organized around a three-level central corridor/atrium. Outdoor space is ample with a communal second-floor terrace and rooftop, as well as private balconies, courtyards, and terraces for the units.
Photography: Debi Fox Photography
The Lacey has located three blocks from the famed U Street Corridor in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. The buildings comprising the neighborhood are predominately Victorian-era, hastily constructed, row houses by speculative builders and real estate developers in response to the rapid growth of the federal government following the Civil War.
Photography: Debi Fox Photography
During the turn of the 20th century, the U Street Corridor was home to the nation?s largest African American community until it was surpassed by Harlem in the 1920s. The Neighborhood remained a cultural center for African Americans, producing the likes of Pearl Bailey and Duke Ellington. Following the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and consequent riots, the neighborhood went into rapid decline until the 1990s. One of the first transformative projects for the neighborhood was a 5-row house development developed and designed on vacant drug infested lots by Division1. This was soon followed by the W Street residence, only a couple of blocks away also developed and designed by Division1, and most recently the Lacey condominiums. With these 3 projects, Division1 an...