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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my view, 18:00 above has it exactly right. The sleaziness of this whole deal by GDS has been the ability to shift densities and height levels back and forth between the Safeway and Martens sites. That is where the danger of too tall, too dense, too ugly and too horrible has always been. Having a completely separate developer not in cahoots with GDS will most probably end up with a much more pleasant and in scale addition to the neighborhood than what GDS was proposing. This is actually a very good development for the community (as opposed to the mostly Maryland families enrolled at GDS). Another important factor from the community could be to request that GDS do what Potomac School does---require those students who don't arrive on foot or by Metro, to take school buses in order to ameliorate the extremely hazardous pedestrian conditions that will be created by a huge influx of cars at exactly the time Janney and St. Columba's students will be walking to their schools. This whole project still  leaves A LOT to be desired from the perspective many in the adjacent community.[/quote]  I get so tired of these "mostly Maryland families" types of comments about GDS.  I just checked the school's directory and I can say that a clear majority of the students at the school live in DC.[/quote]

So what?  Hardly any walk -- the vast majority arrive every day by car, and that will be even more true when younger students move to the  Wisconsin campus. That said, I don't have much of a problem with the campus plan if there is strong traffic mitigation.  I do object to the little Trumps on the GDS board, etc. trying to make a buck (hiding behind the school's skirts) with a PUD that violates the zoning laws.[/quote]

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