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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the problem with the heights and that shopping center in general is it’s so confusing. I can never tell what level I’m on or how to get places. [/quote]

The main problem is that that area spans two jurisdictions and each individual site is owned by different parties.  There is no overall coordination to say turning FH into Pike & Rose as an example.  As an example, I have zero understanding of who owns the surface lot between Mazza and the old Lord & Taylor and what function it serves.  It's never been available for general parking and right now appears to rent space to a landscaping company to store their equipment.

Not to mention it's a huge waste to turn the old L&T into the bus depot...I guess the bus depot will get developed, but it's strange to move it 1/2 block away and seems like it will take years to actually happen.

Then you have the massive Saks parking lots that serve little purpose and could be incorporated into a grand plan.[/quote]

That site is a better location for the bus depot than potentially prime real estate on Wisconsin is, I think that plan makes sense. Literally anything would be better than the status quo. ([b]I'd personally root for a giant indoor sports complex with soccer fields[/b], but that's because then my kids could walk to winter soccer practices when the weather's bad instead of having it canceled.)[/quote]

OMG this would be a much better use of the space than a moving the bus depot.[/quote]

I know Frumin has mentioned trying to get an indoor ice rink in FH.  I don't think the area is at all big enough for a giant indoor sports complex.  You might be able to get one or two fields, and then the issue is what happens during the warm months.[/quote]

Make it 10 stories! Two fields per floor. I don't care if it looms over my house.[/quote]

Yes!! Take a prime real estate parcel in one of the most expensive parts of the metropolitan area and make it useful and relevant to 0.5% of the metro population!!

I have a good idea too: let’s make this a private aircraft hanger for people who own their planes!  We can get the utility down below 0.003%! 
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I take your point but (a) definitely there are more people in the area who play or have kids who play soccer or other field sports than own planes and (b) Frumin is talking about making that building an ice rink, anyway.[b] I strongly suspect indoor fields would get more use than ice skating.[/b]

But ultimately, I don't care what they do with it, really, as long as they develop it so it isn't a bus barn.[/quote]

There is a massive shortage of ice time in the DMV.  That's why youth teams have 5am practices and 11pm games.

I personally think an ice rink appeals to too narrow of a population, but it would probably be 100% subscribed the day it opened because right now people are either going down to Ft. Dupont (though that has had a renovation saga) or out to Ashburn or North Bethesda.[/quote]

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