Rock Creek Park needs to be developed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in RCP this morning and it’s completely flooded. The parts not flooded are steep ravines. That’s why it couldn’t be developed I even if you wanted to.

Oregon Avenue at Military Road, across the street from St John’s College HS is an open grass field on high ground and flat land. Perfect for development.

No. It’s perfect for recreation. Try your “Trump Growth” flackery somewhere else.

There is no “recreation” happening there, you can see for yourself. Stop being silly.

https://goo.gl/maps/f6A1uGfuAKJJrAew8

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is concerned about housing and not having enough, why isn't' the city developing Rock Creek Park? I'm not saying build over the entire thing, but take a sizeable chunk of it and build affordable housing.

It would be better to tear down all the SFH housing in NW and turn them into rowhouses.

^^^ THIS ^^^

Best idea of the whole thread.

+1

Add in a cap of 3,000 square feet and lot sizes no larger than 1/8 acre. Anything larger is taken by eminent domain and redeveloped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in RCP this morning and it’s completely flooded. The parts not flooded are steep ravines. That’s why it couldn’t be developed I even if you wanted to.

Oregon Avenue at Military Road, across the street from St John’s College HS is an open grass field on high ground and flat land. Perfect for development.

No. It’s perfect for recreation. Try your “Trump Growth” flackery somewhere else.

There is no “recreation” happening there, you can see for yourself. Stop being silly.

https://goo.gl/maps/f6A1uGfuAKJJrAew8

Every time an American sets foot in one of our National Parks, there is recreation happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would we destroy a public recreation area and watershed that benefits everyone, when we can convert vacant and underused office buildings to housing?

And siphon money to very few residents!

[Anonymous]

Bad idea OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in RCP this morning and it’s completely flooded. The parts not flooded are steep ravines. That’s why it couldn’t be developed I even if you wanted to.

Oregon Avenue at Military Road, across the street from St John’s College HS is an open grass field on high ground and flat land. Perfect for development.

When I was a kid there was a city run day camp run out of that area. Once every two weeks all the kids in the camp would spend the night on that field. It was first time I ever sptent the night outside. But yeah....develop it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in RCP this morning and it’s completely flooded. The parts not flooded are steep ravines. That’s why it couldn’t be developed I even if you wanted to.

Oregon Avenue at Military Road, across the street from St John’s College HS is an open grass field on high ground and flat land. Perfect for development.

When I was a kid there was a city run day camp run out of that area. Once every two weeks all the kids in the camp would spend the night on that field. It was first time I ever sptent the night outside. But yeah....develop it.

Why shoukd we be developing parkland? That’s insane.

[Anonymous]

This whole GGWash New Urbanist stuff is crap. I'm fine with adding housing but not at the expense of everything. They would gladly turn everything within the bounds of DC into soulless pillars of concrete and steel. Parks and green space are needed for many reasons - livability, for helping abate stormwater, and a thousand other reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in RCP this morning and it’s completely flooded. The parts not flooded are steep ravines. That’s why it couldn’t be developed I even if you wanted to.

Oregon Avenue at Military Road, across the street from St John’s College HS is an open grass field on high ground and flat land. Perfect for development.

When I was a kid there was a city run day camp run out of that area. Once every two weeks all the kids in the camp would spend the night on that field. It was first time I ever sptent the night outside. But yeah....develop it.

I was driving by there one morning and there was a huge flock of Turkeys. Really cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole GGWash New Urbanist stuff is crap. I'm fine with adding housing but not at the expense of everything. They would gladly turn everything within the bounds of DC into soulless pillars of concrete and steel. Parks and green space are needed for many reasons - livability, for helping abate stormwater, and a thousand other reasons.

This. We need housing, but infrastructure first!green space is part of that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole GGWash New Urbanist stuff is crap. I'm fine with adding housing but not at the expense of everything. They would gladly turn everything within the bounds of DC into soulless pillars of concrete and steel. Parks and green space are needed for many reasons - livability, for helping abate stormwater, and a thousand other reasons.

Developing parkland isn't "this whole GGWash New Urbanist stuff". Stop lying.

[Anonymous]

Ive got an idea— make it the ATV park!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is concerned about housing and not having enough, why isn't' the city developing Rock Creek Park? I'm not saying build over the entire thing, but take a sizeable chunk of it and build affordable housing.

It would be better to tear down all the SFH housing in NW and turn them into rowhouses.

^^^ THIS ^^^

Best idea of the whole thread.

Nah. I think we raise your rent to levels in ward 3 new Wegmans area instead. The destruction of SFH will never happen. But keep harping on it instead of thinking of viable options for you to buy a home. It will work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in RCP this morning and it’s completely flooded. The parts not flooded are steep ravines. That’s why it couldn’t be developed I even if you wanted to.

Oregon Avenue at Military Road, across the street from St John’s College HS is an open grass field on high ground and flat land. Perfect for development.

No. It’s perfect for recreation. Try your “Trump Growth” flackery somewhere else.

There is no “recreation” happening there, you can see for yourself. Stop being silly.

https://goo.gl/maps/f6A1uGfuAKJJrAew8

Every time an American sets foot in one of our National Parks, there is recreation happening.

Sure. But there is no way to “set foot” into these open, grass areas. So it’s just wasted space that should be better utilized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is concerned about housing and not having enough, why isn't' the city developing Rock Creek Park? I'm not saying build over the entire thing, but take a sizeable chunk of it and build affordable housing.

It would be better to tear down all the SFH housing in NW and turn them into rowhouses.

^^^ THIS ^^^

Best idea of the whole thread.

Nah. I think we raise your rent to levels in ward 3 new Wegmans area instead. The destruction of SFH will never happen. But keep harping on it instead of thinking of viable options for you to buy a home. It will work out.

Wait!?! The Wegmans/City Ridge development is not affordable homes? Dang! The Smart Growthers promised that density = affordability.