Photo by NCinDC. Alban Towers looms large over Massachusetts Avenue. Built in a Gothic revival style in the 1920s, it was one of the first modern apartment buildings built in the city. Starting a tradition of grand common areas, the lobbies and hallways were built with richly ornamented Gothic/Art Deco elements. Paved in quarry tiles of brown, orange, and ocher in a geometric pattern, the lobby is topped by plaster crown molding with rope…