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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/page_content/attachments/Wisconsin%20Ave%20Development%20Framework_web.pdf

What do people in the community think of this? How do you think it will impact property values?

I love the idea of developing from Friendship to Tenley as it's a bit of a ghost town for such an affluent area.

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People don't care as much about property values as the look and feel of a place where they want to live. They like "small village," trees and sky, not suburban massing that is a city trying not to look like a city.[/quote]

That's 1000% nonsense.  We don't live in a "small village"...it is a fantasy that a strip of CT avenue with a gas station, bus turnaround and 1970s bunker library/community center resembles anything like a village.  It offers convenience which is nice.

However, we aren't even talking about Upper CT Avenue.  We are talking about FH which has never been a "small village".  I have lived in the area for 30+ years and a major reason was FH offering a Macy's/Hechts, a Linens n Things, Border, Filene's, an AMC 8 movie theatre...that was in the early 2000s...let's revive the area and make it better and more dynamic then before.

Yeah, I also care about property values...which 99% of all homeowners care about.[/quote]

Calm down. No one is saying it's lovely and perfect now. But do you really need 50 industrial looking high rise buildings blocking out the sky to accomplish that? You can make beautiful retail and keep the village scene.[/quote]

Unless I am missing something...we are getting a bunch of high-rise buildings. Isn't that what the Wisconsin Corridor plan is promoting?  That ship has sailed.

So, it's no longer a question of getting the high-rise buildings, but maybe how they are configured, what kind of retail/restaurants/entertainment is provided, etc.[/quote]

So if this is a done deal, why put it out for questions like this? No one cares what we think.[/quote]

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