Soooo, how is high-density looking to everyone now?

[Anonymous]

One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

[Anonymous]

Near Fort Totten they took down a to. Of rent controlled solid brick housing (boring and old but good low/middle income stuff) and are putting up expensive, fancy non rent controlled housing.

I honestly don’t see a negative to higher density. I really do see the need for rent control and for low and middle I cme housing. I do t think I’m alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

687 units on 10 acres is not very dense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Near Fort Totten they took down a to. Of rent controlled solid brick housing (boring and old but good low/middle income stuff) and are putting up expensive, fancy non rent controlled housing.

I honestly don’t see a negative to higher density. I really do see the need for rent control and for low and middle I cme housing. I do t think I’m alone.

What is the name of that project?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

687 units on 10 acres is not very dense.

There has been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3 (and plans for more) in the past decade. Many people have enumerated it - up to and including AU constructing more dorms (not to mentions class buildings) . I mention dorms because AU students who have dorms are leaving apartments and sublets in the area available to others. Mary Cheh needs to acknowledge this building boom, as does the Council, as does Mayor Bowser. NO to the Comp Plan. No more ramrodding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

687 units on 10 acres is not very dense.

700+ units coming online next to City Ridge, too. That also probably isn't dense enough, tho. Nothing ever is for the GGW crowd and their ever-shifting goalposts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Near Fort Totten they took down a to. Of rent controlled solid brick housing (boring and old but good low/middle income stuff) and are putting up expensive, fancy non rent controlled housing.

I honestly don’t see a negative to higher density. I really do see the need for rent control and for low and middle I cme housing. I do t think I’m alone.

What is the name of that project?

What they are putting up is Art Place. Not all of the old development has come down yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

687 units on 10 acres is not very dense.

There has been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3 (and plans for more) in the past decade. Many people have enumerated it - up to and including AU constructing more dorms (not to mentions class buildings) . I mention dorms because AU students who have dorms are leaving apartments and sublets in the area available to others. Mary Cheh needs to acknowledge this building boom, as does the Council, as does Mayor Bowser. NO to the Comp Plan. No more ramrodding.

No there has not been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3.

The total construction is Ward 3 in the last decade is less than single projects in other parts of the city.

Far less than what is coming to Walter Reed.

Far less than what has been built in NOMA.

Please stop spouting this nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

687 units on 10 acres is not very dense.

There has been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3 (and plans for more) in the past decade. Many people have enumerated it - up to and including AU constructing more dorms (not to mentions class buildings) . I mention dorms because AU students who have dorms are leaving apartments and sublets in the area available to others. Mary Cheh needs to acknowledge this building boom, as does the Council, as does Mayor Bowser. NO to the Comp Plan. No more ramrodding.

No there has not been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3.

The total construction is Ward 3 in the last decade is less than single projects in other parts of the city.

Far less than what is coming to Walter Reed.

Far less than what has been built in NOMA.

Please stop spouting this nonsense.

You are spouting nonsense. There is an unprecedented pace and volume of construction in Ward 3. a lot has been absorbed. it is saturated.

[Anonymous]

What are you talking about?? Ward 3 is saturated? It's possible the least dense area in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

687 units on 10 acres is not very dense.

There has been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3 (and plans for more) in the past decade. Many people have enumerated it - up to and including AU constructing more dorms (not to mentions class buildings) . I mention dorms because AU students who have dorms are leaving apartments and sublets in the area available to others. Mary Cheh needs to acknowledge this building boom, as does the Council, as does Mayor Bowser. NO to the Comp Plan. No more ramrodding.

No there has not been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3.

The total construction is Ward 3 in the last decade is less than single projects in other parts of the city.

Far less than what is coming to Walter Reed.

Far less than what has been built in NOMA.

Please stop spouting this nonsense.

This statement makes no sense.

You are claiming that there is less building in Ward 3 than there is in a future project at Walter Reed? So what? There has been more building to date.

Less building than in single projects in other Wards? I'd have to do the math, but how many units were built with Cathedral Commons, Frequency, Tenley View, 5333 Connecticut.

AU dormitories. (Notice how the density crowd never count university population into the equation.)

And this is not including the 'vintage' housing along Connecticut, Cathedral and Wisconsin. Density Bros/Bras, think that because there is too much setback, those developments waste land. You ccould make the units half the size and serve more people. They will never be happy, so stop trying to make them happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

687 units on 10 acres is not very dense.

There has been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3 (and plans for more) in the past decade. Many people have enumerated it - up to and including AU constructing more dorms (not to mentions class buildings) . I mention dorms because AU students who have dorms are leaving apartments and sublets in the area available to others. Mary Cheh needs to acknowledge this building boom, as does the Council, as does Mayor Bowser. NO to the Comp Plan. No more ramrodding.

No there has not been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3.

The total construction is Ward 3 in the last decade is less than single projects in other parts of the city.

Far less than what is coming to Walter Reed.

Far less than what has been built in NOMA.

Please stop spouting this nonsense.

This statement makes no sense.

You are claiming that there is less building in Ward 3 than there is in a future project at Walter Reed? So what? There has been more building to date.

Less building than in single projects in other Wards? I'd have to do the math, but how many units were built with Cathedral Commons, Frequency, Tenley View, 5333 Connecticut.

AU dormitories. (Notice how the density crowd never count university population into the equation.)

And this is not including the 'vintage' housing along Connecticut, Cathedral and Wisconsin. Density Bros/Bras, think that because there is too much setback, those developments waste land. You ccould make the units half the size and serve more people. They will never be happy, so stop trying to make them happy.

I also am not sure why density bro is comparing areas that have completely different infrastructure . It is apples and oranges. There doesn't have to be the same rate of densification in an area for it to be not enough, saturated or over-saturated. For example, IMO the area Tony Williams did around Gallery Place (bringing in new business and lodging and basically opening up an area of the city that people hadn't resided in as much before ) was done really well.Columbia Heights on the other hand was done in a rush when the metro opened, and the overall effect of all the big box isn't that harmonious or appealing. Which is of course what the Mayor (and Cheh if she doesn't speak out against it) has as a vision for Conn and Wisconsin Avenues and now also the neighborhoods between them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

687 units on 10 acres is not very dense.

There has been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3 (and plans for more) in the past decade. Many people have enumerated it - up to and including AU constructing more dorms (not to mentions class buildings) . I mention dorms because AU students who have dorms are leaving apartments and sublets in the area available to others. Mary Cheh needs to acknowledge this building boom, as does the Council, as does Mayor Bowser. NO to the Comp Plan. No more ramrodding.

No there has not been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3.

The total construction is Ward 3 in the last decade is less than single projects in other parts of the city.

Far less than what is coming to Walter Reed.

Far less than what has been built in NOMA.

Please stop spouting this nonsense.

This statement makes no sense.

You are claiming that there is less building in Ward 3 than there is in a future project at Walter Reed? So what? There has been more building to date.

Less building than in single projects in other Wards? I'd have to do the math, but how many units were built with Cathedral Commons, Frequency, Tenley View, 5333 Connecticut.

AU dormitories. (Notice how the density crowd never count university population into the equation.)

And this is not including the 'vintage' housing along Connecticut, Cathedral and Wisconsin. Density Bros/Bras, think that because there is too much setback, those developments waste land. You ccould make the units half the size and serve more people. They will never be happy, so stop trying to make them happy.

I also am not sure why density bro is comparing areas that have completely different infrastructure . It is apples and oranges. There doesn't have to be the same rate of densification in an area for it to be not enough, saturated or over-saturated. For example, IMO the area Tony Williams did around Gallery Place (bringing in new business and lodging and basically opening up an area of the city that people hadn't resided in as much before ) was done really well.Columbia Heights on the other hand was done in a rush when the metro opened, and the overall effect of all the big box isn't that harmonious or appealing. Which is of course what the Mayor (and Cheh if she doesn't speak out against it) has as a vision for Conn and Wisconsin Avenues and now also the neighborhoods between them.

There you again with this nonsense - there is no proposal to upzone or otherwise change the zoning in any single family neighborhoods in DC. Including those between Wisconsin and Connecticut Avenues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

687 units on 10 acres is not very dense.

There has been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3 (and plans for more) in the past decade. Many people have enumerated it - up to and including AU constructing more dorms (not to mentions class buildings) . I mention dorms because AU students who have dorms are leaving apartments and sublets in the area available to others. Mary Cheh needs to acknowledge this building boom, as does the Council, as does Mayor Bowser. NO to the Comp Plan. No more ramrodding.

No there has not been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3.

The total construction is Ward 3 in the last decade is less than single projects in other parts of the city.

Far less than what is coming to Walter Reed.

Far less than what has been built in NOMA.

Please stop spouting this nonsense.

This statement makes no sense.

You are claiming that there is less building in Ward 3 than there is in a future project at Walter Reed? So what? There has been more building to date.

Less building than in single projects in other Wards? I'd have to do the math, but how many units were built with Cathedral Commons, Frequency, Tenley View, 5333 Connecticut.

AU dormitories. (Notice how the density crowd never count university population into the equation.)

And this is not including the 'vintage' housing along Connecticut, Cathedral and Wisconsin. Density Bros/Bras, think that because there is too much setback, those developments waste land. You ccould make the units half the size and serve more people. They will never be happy, so stop trying to make them happy.

Are you with a straight face claiming that Ward 3 has had comparable levels of development over the last 15 years than other DC neighborhoods? By citing a few hundred units that have been built and the AU Dorms?

Really?

Did you miss where DC has added over 100,000 people and the population in Ward 3 has barely budged?

Part of your broader point is in fact valid - there are parts of Ward 3 that are actually pretty dense and the area around AU is actually one of the densest in the entire city in terms of population and dwelling units.

And despite having poor transportation infra it is still a very desirable and livable area.

And there are parts of Ward 3 that are not dense at all like most of the Wisconsin Avenue corridor.

So we know that density is not in fact a problem in Ward 3 because we have parts of the Ward that are fairly dense and oddly many of those parts don't have good Metro access but are still great neighborhoods.

So now that we've established that the dense areas of Ward 3 are actually pretty nice explain what the problem is with adding some density to the parts of Ward 3 that are lacking it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the largest and densest development projects under construction in DC right now, after the Wharf, is CityRidge, across from Sidwell Friends and bordering McLean Gardens and Cleveland Park.

687 units on 10 acres is not very dense.

There has been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3 (and plans for more) in the past decade. Many people have enumerated it - up to and including AU constructing more dorms (not to mentions class buildings) . I mention dorms because AU students who have dorms are leaving apartments and sublets in the area available to others. Mary Cheh needs to acknowledge this building boom, as does the Council, as does Mayor Bowser. NO to the Comp Plan. No more ramrodding.

No there has not been an unprecedented amount of construction in Ward 3.

The total construction is Ward 3 in the last decade is less than single projects in other parts of the city.

Far less than what is coming to Walter Reed.

Far less than what has been built in NOMA.

Please stop spouting this nonsense.

This statement makes no sense.

You are claiming that there is less building in Ward 3 than there is in a future project at Walter Reed? So what? There has been more building to date.

Less building than in single projects in other Wards? I'd have to do the math, but how many units were built with Cathedral Commons, Frequency, Tenley View, 5333 Connecticut.

AU dormitories. (Notice how the density crowd never count university population into the equation.)

And this is not including the 'vintage' housing along Connecticut, Cathedral and Wisconsin. Density Bros/Bras, think that because there is too much setback, those developments waste land. You ccould make the units half the size and serve more people. They will never be happy, so stop trying to make them happy.

Are you with a straight face claiming that Ward 3 has had comparable levels of development over the last 15 years than other DC neighborhoods? By citing a few hundred units that have been built and the AU Dorms?

Really?

Did you miss where DC has added over 100,000 people and the population in Ward 3 has barely budged?

Part of your broader point is in fact valid - there are parts of Ward 3 that are actually pretty dense and the area around AU is actually one of the densest in the entire city in terms of population and dwelling units.

And despite having poor transportation infra it is still a very desirable and livable area.

And there are parts of Ward 3 that are not dense at all like most of the Wisconsin Avenue corridor.

So we know that density is not in fact a problem in Ward 3 because we have parts of the Ward that are fairly dense and oddly many of those parts don't have good Metro access but are still great neighborhoods.

So now that we've established that the dense areas of Ward 3 are actually pretty nice explain what the problem is with adding some density to the parts of Ward 3 that are lacking it?

AU Student here. Why are you claiming AU does not have great public transportation access? Starting to think you actually are making all of this up. As an AU student, I would like the metro to be open later, however, I hear that is a citywide desire and not just us students.