Zlotnicks! Nothing But Zlotnicks!

March 21, 2008 at 2:04 pm

An all-too-rare item from Extreme Mortman’s intrepid real estate reporter:

With nice weather expected this weekend, TIVO the NCAAs, load the kiddies in the minivan, and hit the presidential homes tour, previously detailed by Extreme Mortman last September.

Here’s a look at newly-elected Congressman Richard Nixon’s temporary digs from 1947:

Nixon_Apartment1

“Richard Nixon lived here briefly in 1947 while house hunting.”

Also, “Senator Huey Long lived here from 1934 - 1935. It was also home to locally prominent business families, for example, the Hechingers, the Mazors, and the Zlotnicks.”

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Here are two photos about the Cathedral Avenue NW home of both GWB 41 and 43.

George W. Bush Home 1

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Barbara Bush Cathedral Avenue

The 2nd photo is a snapshot of page 99 of Barbara Bush’s memoirs, courtesy of Google books.

It’s the location of the infamous “mano a mano” challenge that Bush 43 issued to 41 after a night of frolic with his younger brother Marvin, described by the WashPost here:

“By the end of 1972, Bush’s father was mulling over a new job offer from Nixon – to be chairman of the Republican National Committee. With his parents back in Washington, Bush went to stay with them for the holidays and was involved in one of the most notorious incidents of his “nomadic” years. He took his 16-year-old brother Marvin out drinking, ran over a neighbor’s garbage cans on the way home, and when his father confronted him, challenged him to go “mano a mano” outside.”

George W Bush home

“Bush maintained a Washington residence at 4429 Lowell Street during his 1980 campaign for Vice President”

George W. Bush Lowell Street

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That’s it.  Happy trails.

Bush  Washington, DC  Nixon

1 Comment »

  1. Jonathan Mark said,

    March 21, 2008 @ 3:13 pm

    What’s a Zlotnick? My brother had a friend name “Pickles” Slotnick when I was growing up. Are the two names related?

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