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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great article in today's metro section about mayor and council selling out to developers in Ivy City. Residents want green space for recreation and children to play, developers have addressed affordable housing, mixed business, but not actual open air for humans to live and breathe. Seems a theme and that CP residents are not the only ones concerned with the city's vision of how they should live.[/quote]

Your post makes no sense - did you read the actual article?

The re-development includes open space and the restoration of the school for community usage and is supported by both the Ward 5 Councilmember and the local ANC.

Not sure what you mean  by "open air for humans to live and breathe" as this will have no impact on that and will actually take a fenced in surface parking lot re-develop it into housing.  Seems like something CP residents, who don't want new housing in their own neighborhood,  could get behind?

And Ivy City residents could come over to Rock Creek Park for some of that "open air."[/quote]

I did read the article. The thrust was that the Ivy City residents were not pleased with the proposed green space and that the Mayor snuck in the back door to a celebration with developers while the neighborhood protested outside. Again, density, density and developers. Did you read the article?[/quote]

But it is not now nor has it ever been green space - it has been a fenced in parking lot for 40 years.  This is like the anti McMillan nut jobs pining for something that has never been there and never will though this site (which isn't that big) will have half an acre of green space which is half an acre more than it has now.

In any case as stated earlier the ANC and the Ward Councilmember both support the proposal so they can take it up with their representatives but I'll ask again would you rather this housing go in CP instead?[/quote]

What is confusing to you? This is going in someone's neighborhood and the neighbors would like MORE green space in the RE-DEVELOPMENT than proposed. Once it doesn't go in, it will never go in. The density and donations crowd will make a bundle, and the neighbors would like to be heard, They are 'taking it up', by sharing their views with the paper and protesting in front of the restaurant. It has to do with CP in that wanting less density and more "living space' for people to enjoy the city is not unique to Ward 3. It is a theme everywhere the developers are tearing through and putting things up as fast as they can. I applaud NIMBYs, in any neighborhood, who are looking out for quality of life for the people actually living there.[/quote]

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