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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, not gonna get me to agree with you OP.  DC needs affordable housing near transit, and building up is the way to do it.  I don't think all of DC should be turned into downtown Bethesda, but I like the way neighborhoods like Navy Yard are developing with dense buildings and lots of amenities.   What I WOULD like to see is more aesthetically pleasing large developments - why are the new builds all so pastichey and ugly these days?  [/quote]

Arguably Navy Yard, which really is almost built out at this point (most of the remaining empty lots already have development proposals I think)  is a good example of missed oppurtunity due to the height limit.  Would making those buildings 2 or 3 stories taller ruin Navy Yard? No.  But it would mean more housing near transit and less pressure to gentrify elsewhere.  And now its too late - you aren't going to tear those buildings down to replace them with buildings just slightly taller, it won't pencil out. [/quote]

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