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[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 [b]blocking out the sky[/b] to accomplish that? You can make beautiful retail and keep the village scene.[/quote]

Generally in this area, more shade is a *good* thing for the people on the street.[/quote]

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