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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every time I walk by the squat + boxy City Ridge development going up next to Fannie Mae (not to be confused with the weird, but cool triangle building), I think "City Ridge, the 90s are calling!" They want their "urban loft living" back!!!

I have no doubt it will have nice amenities, but whoever chose the design did a huge disservice to such a beautiful, open avenue. Is this Crystal City in the 90s??

Then there's the absurd Scandi looking (in the not good way) building with boxy green metal trim and a small, unappealing entry way across from Cactus that just got built. It totally ruins the pretty corner view that curves to the Cathedral.

And Mazza sits in ruins. As far as I can tell, they didn't even try to reclaim/reuse the beautiful stone facing. Just smashed it to bits. Such waste. Mazza was weird, but at least architecturally interesting. I shudder to think what will go up. I'm guessing more brick and iron "90s Urban Loft Living"?

God forbid they raise building height. Would we just get taller versions of this dreck?

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Oh, but just think about all of the "affordable" housing.

DC's (not really) affordable housing requirement, known as Inclusionary Zoning, is a paltry 8 percent.  Montgomery County's baseline is about double that.  Bowser is too busy catering to her funders in the development industry to be serious about affordable housing requirements.[/quote]

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