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Quick, click over to this photo gallery full of interior shots of the D.C. Real World house at 2000 S Street NW/1734 20th Street NW (the corner building does appear to be two addresses fused together) before it gets taken down. An alert tipster found it by merely Google image searching for "2000 S. Street" and sent it in to DCist.
In the photo gallery, you can see rooms inside the massive residence, under construction, labeled with things like "production," "crew stairs," and "confessional area," putting to rest any lingering doubt (not that we really had any anymore) that this house/complex is indeed going to host MTV's The Real World. The place looks absolutely enormous, though so much of it appears to be reserved for control rooms and production staff that we're almost wondering if they're going to be able to fit bedrooms for "seven strangers" in there after all. In any event, check out the photos while you still can.
UPDATE 4:45 p.m. Yeah, as we predicted, the owner of that photo gallery yanked 'em down. Sorry if you missed out!
UPDATE 6/9: Someone has reposted the photos, so click away.
James Calder and Andrew Wiseman contributed to this report
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shame that they destroyed some perfectly nice row houses to pull this off.
It looks like the townhouse was already destroyed (on the inside) by the previous tenant. That doesn't look RW quality.
BTW, what is "real" about the real world? Because 7 people living in a giant Dupont circle rowhouse doesn't seem very real, at least not with the shiny, pretty stuff th houses usually have.
Check out antirealworlddc.blogspot.com to see what we think from across the street!
Phillyberg, you really live across the street, in the land of multi-million dollar row houses? Methinks thou doth whine to much. Tell ya what, I'll trade you one of our neighborhood's halfway houses for the Real World House.
Why is this even being discussed? Or covered? Why does anyone give a shit. Does anyone, aside from the "cast members" themselves, and their parents, even know that the real world is still on? I thought it went off the air in the 90's? How can a show, so fucking lame, and irrelevant merit even a line on a local blog, much less three or four posts?. For gods sake it is even irrelevant by reality TV standards, (dancing with the stars is more relevant, which is staggering, even among 16 year olds grounded and locked in their rooms without online access of any form)
For fucks sake, I did not even think MTV was still around? I thought the interweb made that irrelevant like three years ago.
I'm looking forward to whatever stories you're soon to draft for DCist! You're my new barometer for what I should be paying attention to in DC.
dude, relax, you don't have to click on the link.
yeah seriously, someone either needs a drink or a nap after that rant.
I couldn't agree with you more. I cannot understand why this is even being covered here.
If this is the kind of "news" we have to look forward to when newspapers die out for good and blogs take over, we are all fucked, people. Good lord.
Ummm...DCist usually posts anytime a movie or television show is being filmed in DC. This isn't any different.
Just wait. The Interweb will kill the video star. But it's so fat it'll take a while to starve. In the meanwhile, it zombies on without any sign of higher brain functions.
oh please. it should be covered. reality television is ridiculous and usually stupid, but it's widely watched in America, and the spotlight on DC will be felt by its citizens, for better or worse.
Actually they didn't destroy the row houses. Up to a few months ago the 2 row houses were the offices of Sorg and Associates, Architecture Firm who's principle is Suman Sorg
Et maintenant la douche des douches commence.....
And now the shower of twats begins. I predict a light sprinkling of twattery beginning on or around the middle of July, with the serious douchebaggery beginning on or around August 15th and lasting until MTV pulls the plug on this voyeuristic mess.
One missing quote from at least one of the housers: "I went to Ben's Chili Bowl last night! Man am I glad I discovered that place! But boy does my ass hurt this morning!!"
That'd be from the CHUD lovin' he got in the back alley.
"Man am I glad I discovered that place! But boy does my ass hurt this morning!!" I hate to tell him, but that was the D.I.K. Bar, not Ben's.
They took the photos down as I was looking at them. You can no longer see how much more space some halfwit with less education than you will be living in.
The photos are down now...bummer.
Once the real world leaves, does having that show as a previous occupant raise or lower the asking price for the house?
Despite the fact of it being an otherwise nice structure, I don't think I'd want to live there with the stigma it would come with (not that i could afford it anyway).
It probably smells like a mixture of hair gel, santorum, and desperation...
Did no one grab the photos for posterity?
I can't believe people are getting so worked up about this...to the point where a anti-Real Word DC blog is warranted and self-promoting? It's not like they are moving here permanently. Get over it.
It's partially because the Real World has gone through so many cities, some even twice and DC has been continually ignored. It's one of those things where you are constantly disappointed that your favorite band is skipping DC (playing only Richmond and Baltimore) on every tour.
Frankly, I don't give a crap about the house or the show, but I do look forward to other people giving a crap about it. At the least, people outside of our area will realize that actual people live inside the city limits.
Is anyone else having trouble viewing the photo album?
You all sound like a bunch of whining babies. Seriously, get over yourselves. Are you that stuck up that you spend your afternoon ranting about a reality show coming to your town on a city blog rather than doing something constructive with your lives.
Be thankful MTV will even look at your city. Be thankful a network is investing dollars into an empty house/office in the middle of your city. And be thankful DC, the city, will get plenty of exposure from the show.
The kids in the house will act like asses. Big deal. We all know to ignore and avoid them. But the last thing we need is a bunch of stuck-up residents (half of which probably live in VA) patting themselves on the back for thinking they're so much more sophisticated than MTV. Seriously, you really aren't that cool!
THANK YOU!
Be thankful a network is investing dollars into an empty house/office in the middle of your city.
A good point. It looks like the business previously in that beautiful building turned into an office space wasteland - drop ceiling in a classic District rowhouse? Blech. Hopefully the producers help restore some of the original beauty of the house (behind the tacky stuff they'll add for show purposes).
Let's just all take a moment to appreciate the cruel brilliance of a production team that decided it would be a good idea to film a reality show in the exquisite misery of DC summer humidity.
Nothing says real drama like being too sweaty to share a bed with last night's hook-up.
I saved all but one of the photos and have uploaded them here: http://tinyurl.com/ndwnfz
Unfortunately I wasn't able to save the captions too, but most of them just said what floor level the picture was taken on, and whether it's a bedroom, the confessional, or production rooms. Definitely still a work in progress. Please--someone else save them in case I'm asked to remove them from my account. Enjoy the speculation!
That was just ..... terrifying.
This is what our fearful editors should have done in the first place, rather than link to it. Well played, sir!
A lot of you seems to be missing the point. I don't a f**K about the show or who is in the house. It's what the moronic jackasses who show up in response to the house being there do that matters to me.
Please, these few months are going to worth weight in unintentional comedy gold. So what bar is going to sell out and allow MTV to have their run of their place.
Granted, I haven't watched the show since that one guy slapped that girl with lime disease in the face (Seattle or Boston, I forget), but hasn’t the show been overrun with cast members under 21? Thus what bar owner would risk their liquor license by having their bar on film? Let’s face it, we can all click through random facebook pictures with friends in them and figure out what bar they are in a few seconds. I hope MPD has a field day issuing tickets.
If you don't go to Adams Morgan (because you are older than 23), you probably won't ever see these clowns in person. That said, if anyone would like to put together an elaborate prank on these asshats that doesn't reveal itself until the filming is nearly over, I am willing to contribute time and money.
I finally got to check out those pictures and man, what a pathetic looking interior. I was hoping for an interior like that of 111 Arthur Avenue (from The Royal Tenenbaums) since that's what the exterior reminds me of.
I agree with Kev29 -- hopefully the crew is able to salvage what was at once, I'm sure, a seriously charming space.
Oh, and since I feel obligated to comment on the actual show itself, the only thing I'll say is this:
No, the show is not nearly as popular as it was, say, 10 years ago, but in no way, shape or form is it irrelevant. It's essentially the first original reality series, and the fact that it has finally made its way to DC is a good thing, IMO. Sure, the current format is pretty predictable, and the people will probably end up doing the same things they'd do in Omaha or Portland, but the exposure that it'll give the city from an aesthetic standpoint is fantastic. People watch TV and see documentaries on the History Channel or drama shows about K Street, but rarely is the beauty of the city revealed in such a natural way. I think one of the coolest parts about a show like this is watching everything that's happening in the background... paying attention to the set rather than the players. It should provide people unfamiliar with the city with a sweet look at what this place is actually like.
If you don't like the fact that the show is going to be here, simply don't seek it out. I seriously doubt your everyday routine will be altered in any way unless you live within a block of the house or happen to bartend at a place like Madam's Organ. Go about your business, do your thing and, come August, I'm sure you'll never even know they were here.
What does "a place like Madam's Organ" mean? Madam's Organ is one of the classier places in Adams.