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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now the development agenda is to hollow out single family zoning in Northwest DC by allowing 6 to 9 unit apartment buildings by right on side streets within a half-mile of a bus line.  That’s pretty much anywhere.  They soothingly call it “gentle density.”[/quote]

How would Northwest DC stay 'desirable' with this plan obliterate the SFHs, low density and green space? Is there just some magic pixie dust in NW DC that makes it desirable NO MATTER WHAT? At that point, Anacostia will become fully desirable, with its rolling hills, underenrolled schools and plenty o' SFH. People want to move to NW for a reason, and when the reason is gone--that it's a pleasant place to live -they will go too.[/quote]

All of this. The schools are a huge draw too. If they decline, are over-enrolled, etc., there goes the tax base. [/quote]

The dismantling of Ward 3 puzzles me for this reason. It's like eating the golden goose. Reasonable measures like homeless shelters and vouchers with oversight and supports would make sense...but that's not what has occurred. Razing SFHs and relentlessly building more condos is just going to further corrode the appeal of gracious neighborhoods in NW DC that already have a mixture of Sfh, duplex (we live in one), multiplex, apartments and condos. When we drove down Wisconsin to our home I said to my family, I will miss this - the city is unique with it's low buildings (which the density bros hate), setbacks (which the density bros despise), wide Blvd, view of the cathedral, trees, parks, libraries that are just... libraries, strollability. This is city wide. This is what the density bros want to destroy. Without that, there's not a lot to miss. We were coming home from looking at SFH in MD for what it's worth, where yes development is happening but the Sfh are being replaced by newer, bulkier Sfh... Not apartments. The house we were looking at is tasteful, fwiw, and the neighborhood smells better. Density bros plus urban blight promoting policy are systemically destroying NW DC, and all of DC.[/quote]

Except this whole thread is about condos and what not on Wisconsin Avenue..there is no proposal regarding changing zoning and tearing down SFHs to erect apartments.  Wisconsin Avenue is commercial and apartments/multi family housing.  There aren’t SFHs in Wisconsin in FHs.

Unfortunately, this DCUM and everyone goes off on strange and imaginary tangents which distract from the thread.[/quote]

Disagree.  While technically the proposal focuses on Wisc Avenue, the proposal would change the character of the nearby n-hoods.  And that is consistent with the overall push to cram people into NWDC.   Wisc Avenue does need to be redeveloped but it does not need to include 10 story buildings and dozens of condo or apartment buildings.  Radical changes to the area will drive out the people who live there, and who pay the bulk of DC income taxes.[/quote]

"Cram people into NWDC"  :roll:

Brought to you by NWDC Residents Against More NWDC Residents.[/quote]

What's eye rolly to you about this? It's unclear to me why you find this shocking.[/quote]

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