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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a great idea. Look at Western Ave at Friendship Heights. One side of the street has a height limit the other side does not. Look at K street with all the big ugly box building because the developers have to maximize floor space. No one even knows why there is a height limit.

More density will increase demand for mass transit. Right now the city does not have enough density to fund mass transit but enough density to cause congestion. Nothing will change around the mall it’s all federal.[/quote]

For the Greater Greater Developer party line. :lol: [/quote]

I love being able to see the washington monument from almost anywhere in the city
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You mean like from K street? You people are shrill and I bet you do not even live in the city. Continue to spread the fear that the mall will be lined with huge skyscrapers! Oh the terror of the development! The truth is there are areas in the city that should have the arbitrary height limit removed. It is stupid and restricts the development, affordability housing, initiative design and urban planing. The city could require developers to incorporate green infrastructure and public spaces into the development. Let’s face you want to see a fake Disney city...like those streetcar tracks in Georgetown. [/quote]

There was a recent, deeply written article on SF and how horrible it's become with its "growth" and how everyone pretty much hates it and is miserable. I'm happy to "look out" and put the brakes on this growth. To what end? DC is vibrant and has good balance right now. We have a built in employer (FEDS) and some nice pop ups. All neighborhoods wi eventually be "discovered" and we should "look out" for really thoughtful, human scale development that is mixed income and win win. We should continue to improve mass transit. Let the tech and high rises go to the suburbs. Too bad SF didnt do this. Sure they'd a like a do over.[/quote]

"human scale" = build it somewhere else.

Face it, we either keep paving over arable land for tract housing, or we get serious about adding density where infrastructure and jobs already exist. It's pretty simple[/quote]

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