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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These discussions about how an entire city are doing miss a lot of subtlety.  In SF, like DC, the downtown business district is suffering but many of the outer neighborhoods are thriving with work from home.   I've heard that many new businesses are opening in the Sunset (which had been a sleepier part of SF), and I'd guess places like Pacific Heights and Forest Hill are also thriving.   In DC, Logan Circle and SW Waterfront are incredibly vibrant.  Dupont and Upper NW seem tired, but that was true before COVID as well.  Again, it's really the CBD that is suffering not the city as a whole.[/quote]

Upper NW is tired because of the death grip from a bunch of homeowners who bought in the 80's and 90's and are riding the property value wave but wanting to "preserve the character" of the neighborhoods at all costs.  Any change put forward is met with swift resistance.[/quote]

CT Ave redesign, Foxhall Elementary, Palisades Trolley Trail, Palisades Rec Center . . . What else?[/quote]

MacArthur HS opening in September, the new massive surgical pavilion at Georgetown Hospital, new high rise housing going up at Georgetown University, new homes in Burleith now selling regularly for north of $2.8m, renovation of Wisconsin Ave Safeway nearly finished, new apartments built and planned for Wisconsin Ave, City Ridge development nearly finished....it's nuts over here.[Graves.

How long was Cathedral Commons development delayed by the CP guy who replaced Nancy Atwood?  *some* things are happening (or might be), but in spite of certain residents.  Not supported by them.  And usually these project could have been more, or faster, or many other things are just not done (I'm looking at you, Chevy Chase Safeway!).[/quote]

The CCDC Safeway site will be a redevelopment nightmare, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the neighbors. The building and parking lot are owned by two separate entities, and Safeway has tried repeatedly, for decades,  to get the parking-lot owner to come to the table about redeveloping the site, to no avail.

If you knew anything about the neighborhood -- and you clearly don't -- you'd know that people would rejoice if a new store replaced the decaying relic that's there now.[/quote]

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