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With 15th and L possibly headed for the real estate market, the biggest resulting question is, of course, to where The Washington Post would relocate. And reading what publisher Katharine Weymouth has to say about the matter, the paper of record for the nation’s capital might remain based in the District. Then again, it might not.

“If possible, we want to stay in the District,” Weymouth said at a luncheon last week also attended by The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift. Weymouth first mentioned the possible sale of 1150 15th Street NW in a company memo last month, saying that The Washington Post Company is looking for a new headquarters in a “more modern, bright, open and efficient building.”

Will that prospective new building be in the city that the Post has called home for more than 135 years? From her comments, as transcribed by Clift, it would appear that Weymouth is keeping her geographic options open.

There are certainly a few suitors. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), who represents a plurality of the Post’s subscription base, is openly encouraging the paper to move across the Potomac River and become The Northern Virginia Post. But the D.C. government is also hoping to keep the paper here. Before announcing the potential sale of its headquarters, the Post Company informed Mayor Vince Gray’s office of the decision. “We look forward to working with them to find a new home in the District,” a spokesman for the mayor told DCist last month.