This project involved two very different historic preservation goals.  The first was to save the art deco marquee of the defunct Penn Theatre, and the second was to make the apartment building, a new construction, compatible with the Capitol Hill historic district and especially with the historic Eastern Market buildings and the townhouses across the street. Unfortunately, restoring the building to its original use as a theater or performance venue was not realizable, so the project commenced with a commercially viable program for three levels of office space and two of retail on the Pennsylvania Avenue site of the existing building.  The limestone marquee was saved and incorporated into the new building.  The ground floor portion of the building takes its cues from the marquee and appears as its extension to serve as a strong base for the new building.  The massing, materials, details and colors of the new building have been designed to emphasize and complement the existing portion.  For example, the blue glazed brick color was selected not only to contrast with the limestone, but because of its appropriateness as a color of art deco buildings.  The materials of the façade of the apartment building respond directly to the red brick of Eastern Market.