Gold Coast?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Gold Coast is Arlington and McLean along the Potomac by chain bridge road. You can't afford anything there.

You don't know anything so why even comment?

I do know what I'm talking about. The "Gold Coast" is an expensive part of McLean. See e.g., http://www.wfp.com/listing-showcase/sold-property-details.asp?mlsID=FX8738061

Quit while you're behind.

Can't accept that you're wrong?

[Anonymous]

I am not advocating for any position and personally don't know the answer, but I do wonder why upper NW around 16th would be called the Gold Coast. It is a nice enough area I guess, but hardly what one would normally associate with that name. Historical artifact? Something else? Genuinely curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not advocating for any position and personally don't know the answer, but I do wonder why upper NW around 16th would be called the Gold Coast. It is a nice enough area I guess, but hardly what one would normally associate with that name. Historical artifact? Something else? Genuinely curious.

The area isn't really "upper NW" -- that's west of the park, over in the Red Line trajectory. That stretch of 16th St is where many of the most well-off African Americans in DC settled in the mid- to late-20th Century, which is where the name comes from.

[Anonymous]

The Shifting 'Gold Coast'
http://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/19/us/the-shifting-gold-coast.html

[Anonymous]

NP here. Realtors in NoVa have referred to the area along Chain Bridge Road hugging the Potomac in Arlington and McLean as the "Gold Coast" for years, and most of those properties are far more expensive than anything along upper 16th Street. But, had PP read OP's post more carefully, he would have seen OP mentioned moving to DC, not to the DC area, and not gone off on a tangent about what OP can or can't afford.

That is all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not advocating for any position and personally don't know the answer, but I do wonder why upper NW around 16th would be called the Gold Coast. It is a nice enough area I guess, but hardly what one would normally associate with that name. Historical artifact? Something else? Genuinely curious.

The area isn't really "upper NW" -- that's west of the park, over in the Red Line trajectory. That stretch of 16th St is where many of the most well-off African Americans in DC settled in the mid- to late-20th Century, which is where the name comes from.

PP here. Thanks for the info, and you are right about upper nw not being the right descriptor. But in many ways that highlights the divergence between historical and current. West of the park along the redline is currently more expensive, and for most people, more desirable than the upper parts of 16th.

OP should really ask for clarification from the person who recommended the Gold Coast and also make sure they agree with that person's assessment of what makes a desirable location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not advocating for any position and personally don't know the answer, but I do wonder why upper NW around 16th would be called the Gold Coast. It is a nice enough area I guess, but hardly what one would normally associate with that name. Historical artifact? Something else? Genuinely curious.

The area isn't really "upper NW" -- that's west of the park, over in the Red Line trajectory. That stretch of 16th St is where many of the most well-off African Americans in DC settled in the mid- to late-20th Century, which is where the name comes from.

PP here. Thanks for the info, and you are right about upper nw not being the right descriptor. But in many ways that highlights the divergence between historical and current. West of the park along the redline is currently more expensive, and for most people, more desirable than the upper parts of 16th.

OP should really ask for clarification from the person who recommended the Gold Coast and also make sure they agree with that person's assessment of what makes a desirable location.

It was "more desirable" in the mid-20th century too. The park was a major segregation barrier, much like the river is now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not advocating for any position and personally don't know the answer, but I do wonder why upper NW around 16th would be called the Gold Coast. It is a nice enough area I guess, but hardly what one would normally associate with that name. Historical artifact? Something else? Genuinely curious.

Think about it at a time when the city was very very different and black people in DC despite being the majority were limited in where they could live. There is also a Silver Coast

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. Realtors in NoVa have referred to the area along Chain Bridge Road hugging the Potomac in Arlington and McLean as the "Gold Coast" for years, and most of those properties are far more expensive than anything along upper 16th Street. But, had PP read OP's post more carefully, he would have seen OP mentioned moving to DC, not to the DC area, and not gone off on a tangent about what OP can or can't afford.

That is all.

Bc realtors are the most accurate neighborhood historians? Please, y'all will do anything for a buck and to make fetch happen including renaming things and stretching neighborhood boundaries. This NOVA gold coast parlance is only amongst realtors and in listings which is why the previous DoucheLord used a listing as evidence that the VA Gold Coast was a thing. It is not.

Google Gold Coast DC and your hits are wikipedia, wapo and the nyt, not a coldwellbanker website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. Realtors in NoVa have referred to the area along Chain Bridge Road hugging the Potomac in Arlington and McLean as the "Gold Coast" for years, and most of those properties are far more expensive than anything along upper 16th Street. But, had PP read OP's post more carefully, he would have seen OP mentioned moving to DC, not to the DC area, and not gone off on a tangent about what OP can or can't afford.

That is all.

Bc realtors are the most accurate neighborhood historians? Please, y'all will do anything for a buck and to make fetch happen including renaming things and stretching neighborhood boundaries. This NOVA gold coast parlance is only amongst realtors and in listings which is why the previous DoucheLord used a listing as evidence that the VA Gold Coast was a thing. It is not.

Google Gold Coast DC and your hits are wikipedia, wapo and the nyt, not a coldwellbanker website.

It's been used in local publications like the Post and Washingtonian as well.

I mean, the PP may have been a jerk, but your butt is hurting way too much here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. Realtors in NoVa have referred to the area along Chain Bridge Road hugging the Potomac in Arlington and McLean as the "Gold Coast" for years, and most of those properties are far more expensive than anything along upper 16th Street. But, had PP read OP's post more carefully, he would have seen OP mentioned moving to DC, not to the DC area, and not gone off on a tangent about what OP can or can't afford.

That is all.

Bc realtors are the most accurate neighborhood historians? Please, y'all will do anything for a buck and to make fetch happen including renaming things and stretching neighborhood boundaries. This NOVA gold coast parlance is only amongst realtors and in listings which is why the previous DoucheLord used a listing as evidence that the VA Gold Coast was a thing. It is not.

Google Gold Coast DC and your hits are wikipedia, wapo and the nyt, not a coldwellbanker website.

It's been used in local publications like the Post and Washingtonian as well.

I mean, the PP may have been a jerk, but your butt is hurting way too much here.

Source? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. Realtors in NoVa have referred to the area along Chain Bridge Road hugging the Potomac in Arlington and McLean as the "Gold Coast" for years, and most of those properties are far more expensive than anything along upper 16th Street. But, had PP read OP's post more carefully, he would have seen OP mentioned moving to DC, not to the DC area, and not gone off on a tangent about what OP can or can't afford.

That is all.

Bc realtors are the most accurate neighborhood historians? Please, y'all will do anything for a buck and to make fetch happen including renaming things and stretching neighborhood boundaries. This NOVA gold coast parlance is only amongst realtors and in listings which is why the previous DoucheLord used a listing as evidence that the VA Gold Coast was a thing. It is not.

Google Gold Coast DC and your hits are wikipedia, wapo and the nyt, not a coldwellbanker website.

It's been used in local publications like the Post and Washingtonian as well.

I mean, the PP may have been a jerk, but your butt is hurting way too much here.

Source? Thanks.

You indicated a familiarity with Google, so give it another try. I honestly don't have time to post links right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not advocating for any position and personally don't know the answer, but I do wonder why upper NW around 16th would be called the Gold Coast. It is a nice enough area I guess, but hardly what one would normally associate with that name. Historical artifact? Something else? Genuinely curious.

I think I read somewhere that the name harkens back to West Africa's Gold Coast. Also, there's this description from Wiki:

"The northern and central portions of 16th Street — and the Crestwood neighborhood, in particular — have for a half century been the chosen neighborhood of accomplished African Americans in Washington. Known colloquially as "The Gold Coast", these sections of 16th Street are lined with early 20th-century Tudor mansions.[3]"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_NW

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. Realtors in NoVa have referred to the area along Chain Bridge Road hugging the Potomac in Arlington and McLean as the "Gold Coast" for years, and most of those properties are far more expensive than anything along upper 16th Street. But, had PP read OP's post more carefully, he would have seen OP mentioned moving to DC, not to the DC area, and not gone off on a tangent about what OP can or can't afford.

That is all.

Bc realtors are the most accurate neighborhood historians? Please, y'all will do anything for a buck and to make fetch happen including renaming things and stretching neighborhood boundaries. This NOVA gold coast parlance is only amongst realtors and in listings which is why the previous DoucheLord used a listing as evidence that the VA Gold Coast was a thing. It is not.

Google Gold Coast DC and your hits are wikipedia, wapo and the nyt, not a coldwellbanker website.

It's been used in local publications like the Post and Washingtonian as well.

I mean, the PP may have been a jerk, but your butt is hurting way too much here.

Source? Thanks.

You indicated a familiarity with Google, so give it another try. I honestly don't have time to post links right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not advocating for any position and personally don't know the answer, but I do wonder why upper NW around 16th would be called the Gold Coast. It is a nice enough area I guess, but hardly what one would normally associate with that name. Historical artifact? Something else? Genuinely curious.

Think about it at a time when the city was very very different and black people in DC despite being the majority were limited in where they could live. There is also a Silver Coast

Correct. West of the Park was redlined so this was the location for wealthy and UMC AAs back in the days prior to the Fair Housing Act.

PP, where is/was the Silver Coast?