Last weekend, participants honked car horns, banged on pots and pans, and shoved fake ballots in the door of the building.
“Given that President and Mrs. Obama will be in Washington for at least another two and a half years, it made sense for them to buy a home rather than continuing to rent property.”
The dance party is “a creative and powerful way for us to demonstrate how Ivanka is not some hero for liberals on the inside,” says an event organizer.
The owner of The Washington Post and CEO of Amazon bought it anonymously for $23 million in October.
May 25, 2016
Photos: Here’s The Home The Obamas Will Rent In D.C.
It’s more of a brick house than a white house.
May 24, 2016
Looks Like The Obamas Are Moving To Kalorama
They plan to rent in the Northwest neighborhood after leaving office, though it isn’t clear exactly which home, according to the National Journal.
Washington is one of the world’s most photographed and photogenic cities, and the subject of many photo books: from glossy souvenirs that never stray far from postcard views, to more local-minded work by the likes of Carol Highsmith, who documented the decay and restoration of the Willard Hotel, and the late Fred Maroon. Soon to join the latter ranks will be our DCist Exposed magazine — but while you eagerly await that, a new book by local photographer John Gossage, the subject of a recent show at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, as well as a DCist interview, will more than whet your apetite for the city beyond the postcard.
