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I agree with your practical viewpoint.  The simple fact is that the property is being sold.  The only question is what's reasonably going to replace it.  Another multi-story apartment building would be the worst, but a string of town houses would be almost as bad because they'd just add more density and they'd [b]suck up parking[/b].  School is the best use there.  And if the school could also absorb the other Fannie building and the post office, that would make sense too.  At the very least, the post office should shrink in size.[/quote]

Why is parking such a hot topic in that area? It isn't like Adams Morgan or something. You can pretty much get a parking spot any time, day or night in the vicinity. The idea that townhouses there (which would likely each have one or two parking spots of their own) would be such a bad result is puzzling.[/quote]

DC is changing the zoning rules so that developments don't need to provide much off-street parking anymore, especially if they are in "transit zones".  1 or 2 blocks away from a major bus line qualifies.  So it's quite possible that a large development would increase demand for street parking in the immediate area.[/quote]

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