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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really look forward to hearing more about GDS's building plans. If you want real hate, wait til the neighborhood starts weighing in. This is a good development for the school, the city and the neighborhood. It's hard because there is going to be construction and change. [/quote]

Please explain how/why this is good for the city and the neighborhood?

The area around the upper school is already a dead zone except for the 2 daily waves of cars from Montgomery County - how is adding younger kids going to help?  And the retail in the immediate area is already struggling so adding more retail (which GDS has only intimated they are even going to do) could actually make things worse without more people to support it.

And before you say the neighborhood is gaining green space the neighborhood does not need green space - Ft Reno park is 1 block away and Ft Bayard 3 blocks away and the open space at the current school has always been off limits for the community.

As for the city the long term loss of significant amounts of tax revenue alone makes it a loser - if the two lost buildings would have generated amounts similar to other mixed use buildings in DC the loss is likely in the area of about 10 million a year to start with and that will only go up with time.[/quote]

Folks living in the area around the upper school only have themselves to blame for the dead zone.  You cannot have vibrant retail without a critical threshold of density.  Cleveland Park thrives because it is a mix of apartments and homes.  Folks opposed the Safeway plan for expanded retail and residences, etc.  The neighborhood reaps what they sow.[/quote]

You call the Steak'n'Egg the "dead zone"?  The block that you are referring to is also getting a new building where the old Babes Billiards site is.  Seriously, the only really "dead zones" in Tenleytown involve the large parking lots:  Dominos, the CVS, and the automobile dealership.  GDS will occupy or develop the dealership site.  As for Cleveland Park, it  is a thriving neighborhood, because it has preserved the scale of a walkable, residential neighborhood (sometimes called its "village in the city" character) and has tried to avoid becoming just a restaurant destination on its retail strip.  Interestingly, it is the proponents of large-scale "smart growth" who disingenuously claim that Cleveland Park is 'dying" -- and that the cure is upzoning, elimination of zoning overlays and relaxation of historic preservation.  No thanks![/quote]

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