What can be done about the abandoned embassy next door?
WASHINGTON (AP) " The large building at the corner of 22nd and R streets in downtown Washington, D.C., sticks out like a wart in the otherwise upscale neighborhood. Plywood covers the windows, sleeping bags and empty bottles litter the shuttered doorways and head-high weeds sprout through the asphalt of the empty fenced-off parking lot.For a solid decade, neighbors and local political leaders complained bitterly about the condition of the former Pakistani consulate. But the city [...]
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