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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's hilarious. Didn't the FCCA also lose the neighborhood their only grocery store by putting unreasonable demands on the developer?[/quote]

[b]I believe that was more the PCA. That supermarket was in the Palisades rather than Foxhall. [b]Also, the causation is not clear, I believe as there were other factors that suggest the redeveloped wouldn’t have gone ahead even if the community had been fully supportive. Ironically, the supermarket could probably have been saved had the PCA or another entity opted to do what the FCA did and pursue a historical places designation. In truth, the building was a hideous eyesore and had no business being designated as a historical place but I don’t think many in the community would have quibbled with it if it had meant keeping the supermarket. [/quote]
Ah yes. Palisades. Well, if they hadn't considered their neighborhood as too good for luxury condos, they would now have a brand new walkable grocery store instead of an ugly office building. Also, "no bike lane on MacArthur! We need it for the cars!" and "keep the gravel on the trails! We don't want anyone using them! They get in the way of the view out of a few of our expensive houses!" "Yes, sure, cancel those bus lines! They bring poor people!"
Be better, rich people, be better.[/quote]

The Palisades is actually much more economically diverse and politically progressive than the rest of the city gives it credit for. The problem is that the neighborhood’s politics is dominated by crusty NIMBYs who haven’t moved in decades, seem to harbor a total fear of the rest of the city, can’t bear the thought of anything in the neighborhood ever changing, frankly couldn’t give a flying farfignewton about anyone else besides themselves and their immediate neighbors, and blast city agencies with letters and phone calls anytime anyone tries to do anything that might make their neighborhood a better place to live.[/quote]

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