Del Ray- Increased Building Height

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rosslyn has a 31-story building. I'm sympathetic to efforts to preserve Del Ray's charm, but this kind of hyperbole grates on me. There's a reasonable middle ground between building skyscrapers and saying no to everything.

Not on DCUM! I got mine; get off my lawn!

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Anonymous wrote:Good. Now if only they'd send back the Simpson park plans too, we could keep the neighborhood still livable and enjoyable.

Where the hell are people supposed to park, if buildings are increased in height?! Parking has been awful lately. Between Ting, street paving, Dominion, American Water, and Washington Gas ALL doing random work on random streets, it's been a nightmare moving cars depending on the "no parking" signs put up the day before. Not to mention just getting around.

You're not supposed to park. Cars are the enemy.

+1

Meters are coming to MTV. Installation is this Fall I believe.

What is MTV??


Do you mean Mount Vernon Ave? That's fine. Hell, even add permitted parking to the side streets. It would get rid of the people (and businesses) who use the street as their personal storage lot, instead of for cars they actually use regularly.

DP, but, yes, MTV is short for Mt. Vernon Avenue in Del Ray. It's the main drag.

And permit parking already exists in the south end of Del Ray, Zone 6. It's been like that for at least 20 years. That was to keep the area from being a de facto commuter lot for Braddock Road Metro. I don't think anyone expected the area to blow up like it did way back then.

Mount Vernon Avenue must be one of the most overrated real estate “attractions” in history. It’s three blocks of a couple of crappy restaurants, a hardware store and a dilapidated building housing a third-rate coffee shop and some custard place the president once visited. It’s hardly sacred ground.

And yet you can't afford to live there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Designed by the left to motivate developers to build additional units deemed 'affordable. Basically, they wanted to turn Del Ray into Roslyn but have 35% of the units be resrved for public housing.

After massive outcry, city Council shelved it. For now, at least.

What do you think they realized?

Could they have possibly realized that it would destroy all that is quaint there?

Who is “they?”

And why do you oppose affordable housing?

Del Ray is a lot of things but “quaint” never came to mind. It should be built up given proximity to DC and public transit.

Uhh, they would be the city council. Found the crayon eater.

Proximity to DC doesn't mean squat anymore. Telework is the new norm, boomer. Time to ditch the briefcase.

[Anonymous]

"massive outcry" my god. some folks just can't help themselves with the hyperbole. It makes me awfully allergic to their cause.

[Anonymous]

I think it was the right call, because traffic in the area can already be difficult, so we don't need to move a bunch more people in, regardless of whether they are millionaires or being subsidized.

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Mount Vernon Avenue must be one of the most overrated real estate “attractions” in history. It’s three blocks of a couple of crappy restaurants, a hardware store and a dilapidated building housing a third-rate coffee shop and some custard place the president once visited. It’s hardly sacred ground.


Don't tell that to the people who live there! I think there's also a cool antique shop or two.

I don't think anyone considers it a major attraction. It's a place where I can walk to a few restaurants and shops. I like that. No need to overstate the situation.

[Anonymous]

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Mount Vernon Avenue must be one of the most overrated real estate “attractions” in history. It’s three blocks of a couple of crappy restaurants, a hardware store and a dilapidated building housing a third-rate coffee shop and some custard place the president once visited. It’s hardly sacred ground.


Don't tell that to the people who live there! I think there's also a cool antique shop or two.

I don't think anyone considers it a major attraction. It's a place where I can walk to a few restaurants and shops. I like that. No need to overstate the situation.

+1. Beats just about everything else in the region and the house prices reflect it.

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Anonymous wrote:Good. Now if only they'd send back the Simpson park plans too, we could keep the neighborhood still livable and enjoyable.

Where the hell are people supposed to park, if buildings are increased in height?! Parking has been awful lately. Between Ting, street paving, Dominion, American Water, and Washington Gas ALL doing random work on random streets, it's been a nightmare moving cars depending on the "no parking" signs put up the day before. Not to mention just getting around.

You're not supposed to park. Cars are the enemy.

+1

Meters are coming to MTV. Installation is this Fall I believe.

What is MTV??


Do you mean Mount Vernon Ave? That's fine. Hell, even add permitted parking to the side streets. It would get rid of the people (and businesses) who use the street as their personal storage lot, instead of for cars they actually use regularly.

DP, but, yes, MTV is short for Mt. Vernon Avenue in Del Ray. It's the main drag.

And permit parking already exists in the south end of Del Ray, Zone 6. It's been like that for at least 20 years. That was to keep the area from being a de facto commuter lot for Braddock Road Metro. I don't think anyone expected the area to blow up like it did way back then.

Mount Vernon Avenue must be one of the most overrated real estate “attractions” in history. It’s three blocks of a couple of crappy restaurants, a hardware store and a dilapidated building housing a third-rate coffee shop and some custard place the president once visited. It’s hardly sacred ground.

And yet you can't afford to live there.

Well, we bought a $2.7 million dollar home in another neighborhood after we moved, so yeah, we can. Once the kids were school age and needed good school options and were playing travel sports, being able to walk to a basic Mexican and pizza place just wasn’t that exciting enough to warrant the tiny house, tiny lot, no garage, no storage, tiny street, bad schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Good. Now if only they'd send back the Simpson park plans too, we could keep the neighborhood still livable and enjoyable.

Where the hell are people supposed to park, if buildings are increased in height?! Parking has been awful lately. Between Ting, street paving, Dominion, American Water, and Washington Gas ALL doing random work on random streets, it's been a nightmare moving cars depending on the "no parking" signs put up the day before. Not to mention just getting around.

You're not supposed to park. Cars are the enemy.

+1

Meters are coming to MTV. Installation is this Fall I believe.

What is MTV??


Do you mean Mount Vernon Ave? That's fine. Hell, even add permitted parking to the side streets. It would get rid of the people (and businesses) who use the street as their personal storage lot, instead of for cars they actually use regularly.

DP, but, yes, MTV is short for Mt. Vernon Avenue in Del Ray. It's the main drag.

And permit parking already exists in the south end of Del Ray, Zone 6. It's been like that for at least 20 years. That was to keep the area from being a de facto commuter lot for Braddock Road Metro. I don't think anyone expected the area to blow up like it did way back then.

Mount Vernon Avenue must be one of the most overrated real estate “attractions” in history. It’s three blocks of a couple of crappy restaurants, a hardware store and a dilapidated building housing a third-rate coffee shop and some custard place the president once visited. It’s hardly sacred ground.

And yet you can't afford to live there.

Well, we bought a $2.7 million dollar home in another neighborhood after we moved, so yeah, we can. Once the kids were school age and needed good school options and were playing travel sports, being able to walk to a basic Mexican and pizza place just wasn’t that exciting enough to warrant the tiny house, tiny lot, no garage, no storage, tiny street, bad schools.

WE BELIEVE YOU!!!

[Anonymous]

They are going to make a killing for people going to Matt and Tony's alone!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are going to make a killing for people going to Matt and Tony's alone!

Intentional or not, there are about a dozen layers to this point.

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Anonymous wrote:Good. Now if only they'd send back the Simpson park plans too, we could keep the neighborhood still livable and enjoyable.

Where the hell are people supposed to park, if buildings are increased in height?! Parking has been awful lately. Between Ting, street paving, Dominion, American Water, and Washington Gas ALL doing random work on random streets, it's been a nightmare moving cars depending on the "no parking" signs put up the day before. Not to mention just getting around.

You're not supposed to park. Cars are the enemy.

+1

Meters are coming to MTV. Installation is this Fall I believe.

What is MTV??


Do you mean Mount Vernon Ave? That's fine. Hell, even add permitted parking to the side streets. It would get rid of the people (and businesses) who use the street as their personal storage lot, instead of for cars they actually use regularly.

DP, but, yes, MTV is short for Mt. Vernon Avenue in Del Ray. It's the main drag.

And permit parking already exists in the south end of Del Ray, Zone 6. It's been like that for at least 20 years. That was to keep the area from being a de facto commuter lot for Braddock Road Metro. I don't think anyone expected the area to blow up like it did way back then.

Mount Vernon Avenue must be one of the most overrated real estate “attractions” in history. It’s three blocks of a couple of crappy restaurants, a hardware store and a dilapidated building housing a third-rate coffee shop and some custard place the president once visited. It’s hardly sacred ground.

And yet you can't afford to live there.

Honey. I lived there for years and then bought 10 acres in Western Loudoun. It ain’t all that and a bag of chips. You have St. Elmo’s and the Dairy Godmother. I have Dirt Farm and Gruto’s. Whatever.

[Anonymous]

Well, I wnet to Taqueria Poblano last night for dinner and there wasn't a parking spot within 500 yards of the restuarant. I had my 83 year old mother with me and it was early so I dropped her in front and parked a half mile away and wlaked back.

Surely adding a bunch of massive, towering, apartment buildings will help the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I wnet to Taqueria Poblano last night for dinner and there wasn't a parking spot within 500 yards of the restuarant. I had my 83 year old mother with me and it was early so I dropped her in front and parked a half mile away and wlaked back.

Surely adding a bunch of massive, towering, apartment buildings will help the situation.

Half a mile. Give me an effing break. Or learn to parallel park. If you feel entitled to parking immediately in front of your destination, stick to areas with parking lots. (Speaking of which, there’s one across the street from taqueria poblano!)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I wnet to Taqueria Poblano last night for dinner and there wasn't a parking spot within 500 yards of the restuarant. I had my 83 year old mother with me and it was early so I dropped her in front and parked a half mile away and wlaked back.

Surely adding a bunch of massive, towering, apartment buildings will help the situation.

Half a mile. Give me an effing break. Or learn to parallel park. If you feel entitled to parking immediately in front of your destination, stick to areas with parking lots. (Speaking of which, there’s one across the street from taqueria poblano!)

And that lot is only a flat rate of $2!