DC's other 1600 Pennsylvania is source of humor, headaches

The addition of an address nearly identical to the nation's seat of power has caused some confusion, but also some amusing opportunities for residents.

Before the apartment building was built, the lot housed a used car dealership whose address was 1550 Pennsylvania Ave. SE.

A goof means the mail might eventually get to the correct recipient, but because the president's mail gets extra security screening, any resident's mail with an incomplete address could be significantly delayed.

There's also what property manager Cameron Mahjoubi calls "prank mail" — letters sent to past presidents including Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and George Washington.

The developers behind the building contemplated other nods to the executive mansion including naming several townhome units after presidents, but they settled instead for the names of local parks, names that still include Garfield and Lincoln.

An initial design for the building included plush blue carpet intended to mirror some in the White House, but that was ultimately scratched.

[...] instead of views of the Washington Monument like the White House, the building has views from its top deck of the Potomac River and historic Congressional Cemetery, the final resting place of scores of former members of Congress.