The building at 1700 Rhode Island Avenue NE was once used as a police station as well as a communications antenna and utility building. Now, it stands vacant. There are plans to change this and add more housing to the Langdon neighborhood.
While Washington, D.C. having the sixth most expensive rents in the nation might not seem like something to be proud of, there is a silver lining; rents for one-bedroom unit have dropped 3.2 percent overall in the past year.