Macklin Development

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

The quality of life in CP went over a cliff about three years ago.

I have no use for those who call for tolerance of crime as part of the fabric of “urban vibrancy.”

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

At least be accurate...they were giving the finger to the sign that opposed bike lanes. Not the businesses, but please keep repeating your lies.

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

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There was an insular rotation of long time residents who worked between the ANC, CPHS and the CPCA to provide cover for total stasis in Cleveland Park other than the Metro opening, for the better part of 40 years. They all got to the point of dying off of old age, so the grip was loosened, but the city and neighborhood is so far worse because of their efforts. The ONLY good thing they did was help stop the 1950's highway plan from being enacted.

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The Cleveland park list serv is full of the most bored people on the planet, complaining about every little thing like it was their job.

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The Macklin developer was a neophyte who made a lot of promises, got in over his head, stiffed the contractors, and failed to pay D.C. taxes. Simple as that.

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Any word on who if anyone might step in to rescue the development?

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

+1

There was an insular rotation of long time residents who worked between the ANC, CPHS and the CPCA to provide cover for total stasis in Cleveland Park other than the Metro opening, for the better part of 40 years. They all got to the point of dying off of old age, so the grip was loosened, but the city and neighborhood is so far worse because of their efforts. The ONLY good thing they did was help stop the 1950's highway plan from being enacted.

Is it any better today with a group of petulant ANC commissioners with progressive pretensions yet who allow a Trumper lobbyist to set their agenda on all local development matters?

Cleveland Park is a thousand times better today with the closed service lane and more housing coming in.

Why aren’t there any trees on the so-called Prominade? At the end of the day it seems it was all about creating more streetery space for some favored bars, rather than an attractive sidewalk for pedestrians.

They planted some at the street. Takes time for them to, you know, grow.

They didn't plant them in the middle because originally cars were supposed to still drove through it.

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

+1

There was an insular rotation of long time residents who worked between the ANC, CPHS and the CPCA to provide cover for total stasis in Cleveland Park other than the Metro opening, for the better part of 40 years. They all got to the point of dying off of old age, so the grip was loosened, but the city and neighborhood is so far worse because of their efforts. The ONLY good thing they did was help stop the 1950's highway plan from being enacted.

Is it any better today with a group of petulant ANC commissioners with progressive pretensions yet who allow a Trumper lobbyist to set their agenda on all local development matters?

Cleveland Park is a thousand times better today with the closed service lane and more housing coming in.

Why aren’t there any trees on the so-called Prominade? At the end of the day it seems it was all about creating more streetery space for some favored bars, rather than an attractive sidewalk for pedestrians.

Did you participate in the design process to ask for trees or did you just fight the project all together?

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

+1

There was an insular rotation of long time residents who worked between the ANC, CPHS and the CPCA to provide cover for total stasis in Cleveland Park other than the Metro opening, for the better part of 40 years. They all got to the point of dying off of old age, so the grip was loosened, but the city and neighborhood is so far worse because of their efforts. The ONLY good thing they did was help stop the 1950's highway plan from being enacted.

Is it any better today with a group of petulant ANC commissioners with progressive pretensions yet who allow a Trumper lobbyist to set their agenda on all local development matters?

Cleveland Park is a thousand times better today with the closed service lane and more housing coming in.

Why aren’t there any trees on the so-called Prominade? At the end of the day it seems it was all about creating more streetery space for some favored bars, rather than an attractive sidewalk for pedestrians.

Did you participate in the design process to ask for trees or did you just fight the project all together?

Are you saying that this thing was intentionally designed to be nothing but an open expanse of concrete?

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

+1

There was an insular rotation of long time residents who worked between the ANC, CPHS and the CPCA to provide cover for total stasis in Cleveland Park other than the Metro opening, for the better part of 40 years. They all got to the point of dying off of old age, so the grip was loosened, but the city and neighborhood is so far worse because of their efforts. The ONLY good thing they did was help stop the 1950's highway plan from being enacted.

Is it any better today with a group of petulant ANC commissioners with progressive pretensions yet who allow a Trumper lobbyist to set their agenda on all local development matters?

Cleveland Park is a thousand times better today with the closed service lane and more housing coming in.

Why aren’t there any trees on the so-called Prominade? At the end of the day it seems it was all about creating more streetery space for some favored bars, rather than an attractive sidewalk for pedestrians.

They planted some at the street. Takes time for them to, you know, grow.

They didn't plant them in the middle because originally cars were supposed to still drove through it.

So what’s the plan to fix that? A few ANC members seem to be concerned only with maximising benefits to their favored businesses (versus flicking off disfavored businesses). Instead of helping their favorite bar to privatise public space, why not get more trees planted and some benches on The Promenade?

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

+1

There was an insular rotation of long time residents who worked between the ANC, CPHS and the CPCA to provide cover for total stasis in Cleveland Park other than the Metro opening, for the better part of 40 years. They all got to the point of dying off of old age, so the grip was loosened, but the city and neighborhood is so far worse because of their efforts. The ONLY good thing they did was help stop the 1950's highway plan from being enacted.

Is it any better today with a group of petulant ANC commissioners with progressive pretensions yet who allow a Trumper lobbyist to set their agenda on all local development matters?

Cleveland Park is a thousand times better today with the closed service lane and more housing coming in.

Why aren’t there any trees on the so-called Prominade? At the end of the day it seems it was all about creating more streetery space for some favored bars, rather than an attractive sidewalk for pedestrians.

Did you participate in the design process to ask for trees or did you just fight the project all together?

What was the public design process for the promenade? I guess we blinked and missed it.

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

+1

There was an insular rotation of long time residents who worked between the ANC, CPHS and the CPCA to provide cover for total stasis in Cleveland Park other than the Metro opening, for the better part of 40 years. They all got to the point of dying off of old age, so the grip was loosened, but the city and neighborhood is so far worse because of their efforts. The ONLY good thing they did was help stop the 1950's highway plan from being enacted.

Is it any better today with a group of petulant ANC commissioners with progressive pretensions yet who allow a Trumper lobbyist to set their agenda on all local development matters?

Cleveland Park is a thousand times better today with the closed service lane and more housing coming in.

Why aren’t there any trees on the so-called Prominade? At the end of the day it seems it was all about creating more streetery space for some favored bars, rather than an attractive sidewalk for pedestrians.

They planted some at the street. Takes time for them to, you know, grow.

They didn't plant them in the middle because originally cars were supposed to still drove through it.

DC spent millions of taxpayer dollars to build a shared space for pedestrians and slow vehicles. Then, at the ANC’s request, they spent even more money to tear out all the granite pavers and the lane for vehicles they had just constructed, all supposedly to make a bigger pedestrian space. And no one thought to plant some more trees to create a tree canopy and add a few benches in this new all-concrete expanse?! I suppose it’s because fewer trees and public benches mean more outdoor bar seats. #PrivatizingPublicSpace.

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The recent heat wave shows how poorly this was designed and implemented. I drove by yesterday at noon, and here were two people on the Promenade.

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Anonymous wrote:The recent heat wave shows how poorly this was designed and implemented. I drove by yesterday at noon, and here were two people on the Promenade.

“The Promenade” is such a comically pretentious name for what looks like a concrete fire lane. Where are the trees? Where are the benches? Where is the good urban design? How appropriate that the ANC brats posed giving their middle finger to the businesses there.

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Anonymous wrote:The recent heat wave shows how poorly this was designed and implemented. I drove by yesterday at noon, and here were two people on the Promenade.

“The Promenade” is such a comically pretentious name for what looks like a concrete fire lane. Where are the trees? Where are the benches? Where is the good urban design? How appropriate that the ANC brats posed giving their middle finger to the businesses there.

You're blaming the ANC for something that a bunch of car brained idiots were actually the fault of. You can't argue that the service lane remain a service lane, writing opeds in the Post about how all hell will come to bear if the service lane is taken away, and then act surprised when the result is an inferior solution.

You idiot nimbys. Blocking every freaking project and making them all so much more difficult to get done. And then complaining at the end about how the project wasn't great.