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Article: The Cloisters: Silence Is Golden; In Georgetown, Residents Find Shelter From Clatter of the City
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- The Washington Post
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- August 19, 1995
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With two high schools and Georgetown University practically next
door, one might think solitude and privacy would be limited
commodities in a neighborhood. But that appears to not be the case at
the Cloisters, where residents regard their homes as refuges from the
everyday commotion of the city, even though it's just a few blocks
from the busiest section of Georgetown.
"The university students are sometimes noisy, but it's worth it to
take advantage of what the college offers to the neighborhood," said
Sidney Spencer, who moved to the area eight years ago from Wilton,
Conn. "But usually, they and the high school students, we hardly know
they're here."
Despite the proximity to seemingly ...