Addition to D.C. rowhouse on V Street NW is ugly but should that matter?

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Addition to D.C. rowhouse on V Street NW is ugly but should that matter?

Yes, it’s ugly. No question about it.But the three-story pop-up atop an otherwise unremarkable rowhouse on V Street isn’t illegal, despite all the people who hate the upward addition.DCist declared the new structure at 1013 V St. NW“a big middle finger to taste and scale.”Read full article >>    

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