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For Unto Us, An Edition Hotel in DC is Born?

March 31, 2008 at 4:41 PM | 0 Comments

So a while back we heard some rumors that the Edition Hotel from our older-man crush Bill Marriott and boutique pioneer Ian Schrager would open in Washington DC in a former First Church of Christ Scientist church at Columbia Road and Euclid Street.

It looks like those rumors are getting closer and closer to truths. Again our tipster Lee W wrote us to say that the Dupont Current interviewed a developer who has plans for the site.

The details of the project is a 9-story boutiques hotel rising behind the First Church of Christ Scientist, with 150 guest rooms, a restaurant, one-to-two stories of penthouse condos, and "4,000 square feet of community space" to be able to build more on the site.  The church itself will remain intact as the lobby and restaurant area.

While the developer Brian Friedman wouldn't name the hotel brands that he was working with, the reporter surmises it could be an Edition Hotel.

Interestingly, the building behind the church currently houses the Washington City Paper which is fitting for the Edition Hotel brand.

However, Lee W is psyched that:

Either way, DC might finally get an actually cool hotel!

Ooh did you hear that Donovan House?