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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know that there are some who lament the closing of Johnson's Garden Center at Wisconsin and Van Ness, but it's time to focus on the exciting future for Tenleytown that this change makes possible.  First of all, [b]their business was likely eroding to "flowers.com" and from the fact that many SFH households use gardening services for their planting needs.[/b]  Now that Johnson's has closed, the full potential of the site is apparent: between 1 to 2 acres for redevelopment into vibrant, taller and denser mixed use, moving from semi-suburban to creatively urban in character.  In fact, when you consider what the Johnson's piece makes possible, it's really exciting and truly transformative:  a much denser, more urban core district for Ward 3 stretching for more than a mile nearly from Massachusetts up Wisconsin to Tenley Circle.  Cathedral Commons, the Wegmans Town Center at Fannie Mae and 4000 Wisconsin re-do are the essential steps, but other sites including Johnson's and the McDonalds across the street cry out for density. This urban district will have thousands of new residences, with upscale retail and restaurants ranging from fast casual to definite foodie destinations.  It can truly transform the central part of Ward 3.   The properties north of the Johnson's site also are ripe for redevelopment, and the potential of McLean Gardens could be unlocked with taller, denser infill buildings.  Add to that the new development north of Tenley Circle to Friendship and the potential emergence of Van Ness as a true east-west corridor connecting Connecticut Ave redevelopment, the Wisconsin urbanist district and dense development at the old Superfresh site in AU Park.  This would be true "Ward 3 Vision."[/quote]

What a strange, random post. And the bolded part is ridiculous and false. No one wants more density, btw especially not people who actually use the public schools. You sound like you are from a different planet.[/quote]

It's not true that no one wants more density. I want more density. A lot of my younger neighbors want more density. They're tired of having to drive everywhere for everything. [/quote]

You should move to the city. [/quote]

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