732 Lamont as it appeared before work ramped back up
732 Lamont Street is an example of what I consider to be good development from the point of view of aesthetics. For a while there, though, I had my doubts. It was a work site where a previous developer attempted to take a two-story apartment building and add an additional floor. However, as many developments in the area, construction stalled and the building sat vacant and blighted for a while.
Fortunately, construction ramped back up with the goal of creating eleven 1 and 2 bedroom condos. What I like most about the building is how the addition of a floor didn’t alter the character of the building. In looking at it today few would guess that it wasn’t a three-story building to begin with. I truly wish other developers would approach redevelopment of the community in the same spirit.
732 Lamont has gone from blight to asset during the last year.
"The territory comprising Park View extends from Gresham Street north to Rock Creek Church Road, and from Georgia Avenue to the Soldiers' Home grounds, including the triangle bounded by Park Road, Georgia Avenue, and New Hampshire Avenue" (from Directory and History of Park View, 1921.)
