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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree OP.  DC is lacking in  east west corridors. This was a victory for the nearby property owners at the expense of the rest of DC.[/quote]

Thirty years ago, there wasn't as much in terms of restaurants, stores and services east of Rock Creek Park as there was (perceived to be) west of the park.  All that has changed a lot, so the notion that people needed this cross-town link for essential services is bogus.  Wags did call it the 'private school highway', as it provided a fast short cut for Mt. Pleasant parents to reach WIS, Maret and the Cathedral schools.  It seems like spending huge sums to build a road to modern standards (with wide shoulders, concrete decking over the creek, etc.) wasn't worth it for a private school shortcut.[/quote]

Wilson is not a private school. Cleveland park always had a commerical corridor, and there are a lot of medical practices WOTP.[/quote]

There are certainly other, closer routes to Wilson across Rock Creek Park (which parents and students have utlized for the past 28 years!).  Porter, Tilden and Military/Nebraska are all closer to Wilson.  In fact, as was pointed out earlier, Klingle didn't actually cross RCP.  It just connected with Porter of the west side of the Park on one end, and at the other end connected via Woodley to Reno almost one half-mile south of Porter and over a mile south of Tilden.[/quote]

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