In Largo did Abe Pollin A stately pleasure-dome decree; It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice! —Tom Dowling, The Washington Star. July 2, 1972. The late Abe Pollin was a builder, a graduate of George Washington University who stuck around the District of Columbia to make his mark. Construction was the family business, so he raised apartment complexes around the beltway, from low-income units in southeast D.C. to a chic, 17-story building in suburban Maryland, named for his wife, Irene, who still resides in the area today. Pollin’s investment group bought the NBA’s Baltimore Bullets in 1964, and four years later he assumed sole ownership. It wasn’t long...
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