On Nov. 9, 1989, architect Ted Mariani won permission from the District to design and build a hotel on city-owned property near the Brookland Metro Station in Northeast. Adjacent to Trinity College, blocks from Catholic University and near four hospitals, the hotel conference center restaurant was, theoretically, a good bet to succeed.
Fast forward 17 years.
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