What do you think of the Wharf & Navy Yard?

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Anonymous wrote:I work in Navy Yard. There is very little retail. No place to shop, no place to get your nails done. I would not want to live there.

I’ll give you there is little retail, but the nail salon on 4th Street is steps from Yards Park is always packed.

Ok, one nail salon doesn't make it a neighborhood. Honestly the areas around are a bit sketchy and not so nice, some ugly housing around outside shiny condos and it feels isolated to me, I would not live there, not to mention with kids and school options.

Way to move the goal posts. Now we need numerous nail salons and random retail in tacky strip malls for it to qualify as a neighborhood as deemed by someone from the hinterlands? Ok.

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My parents, who are growing weary of their giant house in CheChe are obsessed with the Wharf, so I think it's going to do really well with downsizing boomers.

IDK I guess they're going to eat gourmet toast and host dinner parties in the private rooms of those giant restaurants. Godspeed.

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Anonymous wrote:I work in Navy Yard. There is very little retail. No place to shop, no place to get your nails done. I would not want to live there.

I’ll give you there is little retail, but the nail salon on 4th Street is steps from Yards Park is always packed.

Ok, one nail salon doesn't make it a neighborhood. Honestly the areas around are a bit sketchy and not so nice, some ugly housing around outside shiny condos and it feels isolated to me, I would not live there, not to mention with kids and school options.

Way to move the goal posts. Now we need numerous nail salons and random retail in tacky strip malls for it to qualify as a neighborhood as deemed by someone from the hinterlands? Ok.

You know how you feel about people who still say something is "gay" or "retarded?"

That's how you should feel about still referring to areas as "sketchy."

Say what you mean. If you feel bad about saying what you really mean, don't say it.

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Anonymous wrote:Trump staffer ville? No thanks.

Yeah, I bet this was something the developers didn't see coming. Reading that the condos are packed with Trump staffers has totally put me off wanting to live and spend time there. No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Trump staffer ville? No thanks.

Yeah, I bet this was something the developers didn't see coming. Reading that the condos are packed with Trump staffers has totally put me off wanting to live and spend time there. No thanks.

You think they will stay for the Pence Admin?

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Anonymous wrote:Trump staffer ville? No thanks.

Yeah, I bet this was something the developers didn't see coming. Reading that the condos are packed with Trump staffers has totally put me off wanting to live and spend time there. No thanks.

You think they will stay for the Pence Admin?

Trust funders from the South, Connecticut, and Texas won't live among the swarthy "locals"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Trump staffer ville? No thanks.

Yeah, I bet this was something the developers didn't see coming. Reading that the condos are packed with Trump staffers has totally put me off wanting to live and spend time there. No thanks.

You think they will stay for the Pence Admin?

Trust funders from the South, Connecticut, and Texas won't live among the swarthy "locals"

Don't anyone tell them about the commited AH units in Navy Yard. Sssssh.

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Anonymous wrote:Love the Wharf - sure, its expensive and touristy and kind of hoky - but feels like a little vacation when I go there jus tto walk around/rent a kayak/eat for a couple hours.

I see the appeal of the waterfront and boats, but it really isn't a culinary attraction. I found restaurants to be disappointing and more expensive than necessary.

Did you eat at Kith/Kin? Fabulous!

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Anonymous wrote:LOVED the Warf. The only problem is parking.

Sigh. This is why suburbanites should stay in suburbia. They aren't designing these neighborhoods so that you have ample places to park your oversized SUV with your gaggle of kids for cheap. Take public transportation like everyone else in the city.

I live in NE and go to the Wharf often. Parking sucks!

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Anonymous wrote:Navy Yard is okay. I don’t care for the Wharf, it has a suburban feel and most of the restaurants are too expensive/not kid friendly.

I love the Wharf and think the exact opposite. Its the only neighborhood in DC with waterfront access and amazing amenities. The outdoor entertainment with live musicians feels like the kind of thing you'd see in Miami and California. We're lucky to have it here.

What? It's definitely not the only area of DC with waterfront access. Georgetown waterfront has been around for a while even before the new park opened up. Alexandria also has waterfront and water views.

A) Alexandria is in Virginia.

B) I know about Georgetown hence my qualifier 'and amazing amenities'. Georgetown's waterfront is boring and sad. And its their own fault. The local community has been fighting development in business and transportation for decades. Well now stores are closing left and right, and people are flocking to other areas of D.C. and the Wharf to get what they could have been.

Georgetown is a real residential neighborhood with functional amenities, there is shopping, entertainment, drug stores and banks and grocery stores and hair salons, schools and major universities as well as offices. It's not just a tourist or a night out destination. There are more food choices there than what Wharf has to offer, there is fast food and fancy restaurants and euro bakeries and coffee shops. Sure it's not a hot new culinary destination, but there are still more options there and it's a much more developed area. You make it sound like it's urban decay. Boring is in the eye of the beholder, every area has its charms. Wharf charm is largely artificial, similar to Mosaic or Reston, e.g. suburban outdoor mall but without retail. It's natural charm is waterfront, but the area is too small for more than a day outing. People are flocking wherever it's convenient, I doubt any of these neighborhoods will completely lose their patrons.

There are more food options in Georgetown, it's true. Of course, with a few exceptions, they universally suck. Seriously, other than Baked 'n Wired and Chez Billy Sud, where's the good food in Georgetown?

What's good in Wharf/Navy Yard? Even if you are new to the city and just look at Yelp you are surely going to find way more 4 star rated options in Georgetown than in the Wharf, with larger variety of food from casual and bakeries and fast food to fine dining. Sounds like you had never been to Georgetown of haven't been in years and only have this stereotypical view that it's a dying neighborhood about to become urban wasteland. It's far from it, despite major retail dying all over it still draws its crowds for shopping and most chain places are open as well as boutiques. Waterfront is usually packed, as well as movie theater and restaurants aren't empty either. It's still closer and more convenient option for people living in NW DC and nearby suburbs and these people are not about to pack up and depart DC metro to move to SW DC.

I don't understand why there is this need to put down some older established neighborhoods to aggrandize new ones, not necessary. Wharf/Navy yard are doing just fine and are great options, I love to have them. Having a ferry service between Georgetown and Wharf is awesome too. Good times to enjoy both, why the need to compete? It's very small town thinking that one area must die for another to take off. A big vibrant city would naturally have many such areas equally thriving and enough people to visit them. What I would like to see is more development around Wharf and Navy Yard, easier options to get there and a way to get from one to another, better food choices too.

I hate to break this to you, but according the the Georgetown BID, they are NOT thriving. Georgetown is concerned b/c they are watching all of the hot restaurants go to other parts of town b/c of zoning, the historic districts and volumes of tourists.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Love the Wharf - sure, its expensive and touristy and kind of hoky - but feels like a little vacation when I go there jus tto walk around/rent a kayak/eat for a couple hours.

I see the appeal of the waterfront and boats, but it really isn't a culinary attraction. I found restaurants to be disappointing and more expensive than necessary.

Did you eat at Kith/Kin? Fabulous!

It's rated 3.5 on yelp. Stop aggrandizing the Wharf and its few restaurants like it's the best thing that happened to DC. There are several areas in DC with much better dining options and more things to do. Are you the RE agent or the owner of Kith/Kin?

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What I like about living in the Navy Yard is that beyond access to all the new stuff/waterfront, most of Capitol Hill is also easily accessible on foot. I get my watch batteries on Penn SE next to my kid's pediatrician.

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Anonymous wrote:LOVED the Warf. The only problem is parking.

Sigh. This is why suburbanites should stay in suburbia. They aren't designing these neighborhoods so that you have ample places to park your oversized SUV with your gaggle of kids for cheap. Take public transportation like everyone else in the city.

I live in NE and go to the Wharf often. Parking sucks!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOVED the Warf. The only problem is parking.

Sigh. This is why suburbanites should stay in suburbia. They aren't designing these neighborhoods so that you have ample places to park your oversized SUV with your gaggle of kids for cheap. Take public transportation like everyone else in the city.

I live in NE and go to the Wharf often. Parking sucks!

As do I. We bike, metro or Uber. Why would you ever drive??

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOVED the Warf. The only problem is parking.

Sigh. This is why suburbanites should stay in suburbia. They aren't designing these neighborhoods so that you have ample places to park your oversized SUV with your gaggle of kids for cheap. Take public transportation like everyone else in the city.

I live in NE and go to the Wharf often. Parking sucks!

As do I. We bike, metro or Uber there. Why would you ever drive??