First Johnson's, now Sullivan's! Who is the landlord behind this?
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Anonymous
OK, then let's not sell laissez faire market rate housing development as providing affordable housing. |
Anonymous
But P&P's business model has changed substantially -- they don't just sell books, they also do a ton of events and have a full restaurant in the basement. THAT sort of thing is Amazon-proof, because you can't go see a book talk and then get a cup of coffee or a glass of wine afterwards without actually going to the store. Sullivan's, as much as my kids and I love it, really is just a place to browse and buy stuff -- which you can do online, even if it's a less satisfying version of the experience. I'd also heard from Sullivan's that they had an additional problem recently, which is that wholesalers and manufacturers were making it harder for them to get specific products -- they only wanted to sell them at bigger scale to larger stores or chains. Which, on top of the rent, the pandemic, and the competition from the web, is yet another factor that probably did them in. |
Anonymous
It's much denser than what was there before, which was basically empty lots and burned-out buildings that had never really been restored after the riots in 1968. But not denser than what was there before then: http://www.streetsofwashington.com/2014/04/the-arcade-in-columbia-heights.html At the time that project was set in motion, it may have been the only available option for economic development of a site that was way less desirable for business than it became not long after the building opened. I never particularly liked it, but the context in which it was developed is worth keeping in mind. |
Anonymous
GGW functions on this message board in the same way as "critical race theory" does on Fox News: as an all-purpose enemy to which many, many evils can be attributed. D.C.'s densest neighborhood is exactly the right place for mixed-use zoning, i.e., shopping in the middle of housing. I don't think you'd see any objection from "that crowd" to a proposal to tear down DCUSA and replace it with better, or more, commercial use, or even with housing on top of it. But if you think intellectual consistency on their part requires them to want exactly the same thing in every part of the city, you don't understand the issues they're discussing, even if you disagree with them about them. |
Anonymous
Well, that is if they want to go through a PUD. Look at the last 15 PUD's in Ward 3 - how long did they take? how much in legal expenses did the developers borne? How many of them were actually built? |
Anonymous
A PP here, and yes, they told me this too, when I asked a few weeks ago about the obvious shortage of merchandise. So, this tells you something else about the demise of the family business - the manufacturing/ wholesaling/ production/ retailing is all becoming one huge conglomerate based out of, guess where, China. |
Anonymous
One is an obscure theory taught in grad school seminars to Comparative Lit MA students. The other is an organization that has a history of unethical conduct. Both of these things are the same. |
Anonymous
Critical race theory is mostly taught in law schools, but sure. |
Anonymous
You are commenting to someone who has a JD and you can rest assured that don't know what you are talking about. |
Anonymous
Ah, the poor developers who have to spend money on zoning lawyers. (They also spend plenty of money on fixers that know how to express their clients’, uh, generous appreciation of DC’s esteemed public servants.) |
Anonymous
It's not taught IN most law schools, but it started as a specific subset of legal academia. It's not literary criticism or postmodernism, though it has also influenced disciplines like sociology and philosophy. Neither of which are comp lit. |
Anonymous
I am quite familiar with the origin and actually read Derek Bell's book as an undergrad. It's usually taught as part of a critical theory curriculum which accompanies coursework in American Studies and English Lit. Critical theory is commonly used as a construct for analysis of literature, which frequently gets mocked outside of the academy. A common course one would find would be something like "Critical and Comparative Theory", which would provide a general survey of the subject and with enrollment from Comparative Lit, American Studies and other related MA students. There is not a lot of application of Critical Race Theory to the current contemporary study of law or lawyering, which is why it is not taught in law school. This concluded your lesson. Thanks for listening and please complete your course evaluations. |
Anonymous
| I'd love to see the study. GGW must have it somewhere. What are the numbers, and types of IZ, affordable housing built at Navy Yard as compared to other unit types and numbers? |
Anonymous
This. No one will be able to afford the condos. It you are going to pay that money, then you'll spend it on a 4 up/4 down center stair colonial which around here are starting at $1.2M. They you at last get a back yard.... |
Anonymous
| So with all the development underway, planned and advocated for, we’ll get higher assessments, more traffic, even more overcrowded schools and the loss of cherished locally-owned businesses. What’s not to like about more and more dense, vibrant mixed-use “Smart” Growth?! |