Rock Creek Park needs to be developed

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

First, it’s not DC property - it’s Federal.
Second, it’s a terrible idea.

[Anonymous]

Why hasn't' EHN or Bowser asked the Feds to do a land swap or to purchase some portion of it for housing then??? How would that be a bad idea?

[Anonymous]

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’s a nation park. Like most national parks it was undesirable land to develop. You want more housing …build up. All you have to do is remove the height limits in DC.

[Anonymous]

Troll score 4/10. A solid effort.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Rick Creek Park is a park because it is not developable land. It’s a rocky ravine with a creek, that sometimes floods. Nobody is going to build there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Troll score 4/10. A solid effort.

Except I'm not??? I was legitimately serious. I wasn't aware the land wasn't good for development due to its geography.

[Anonymous]

It's not a bad idea. It's an awful idea. The preservation of parkland has both an immense value intrinsic value that cannot be replicated else in where in the District (e.g., public health, recreation). The land would also be extremely expensive to develop given the topography and propensity to flood.

There is plenty of land on either side of Rock Creek Park and throughout the District/MSA that can support denser housing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why hasn't' EHN or Bowser asked the Feds to do a land swap or to purchase some portion of it for housing then??? How would that be a bad idea?

It is a hard place to build- expensive, it drain a large area of dc, the sewer over flow in to the creek- have to rework the sewers, there are endangered species in the park- one found no where else, it has major elevation changes, it has a major parkway, etc. Now add in the neighbors and supporters of the park who would fight any development and it is federal land.

You would have a better case to develop the mall.

[Anonymous]

Could develop the Rock Creek golf course into housing

[Anonymous]

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.

Totally. Let’s put some projects where trees once stood. 100% ami projects. We don’t need green space.

[Anonymous]

NYC is more dense- why hasn’t Central Park been demolished?!

[Anonymous]

Why not drain the Anacostia River and build houses there? We only need water from the Potomac River.

[Anonymous]

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.