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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP: I don’t want to re-copy such long posts. I’m curious about what the PPs commenting on FH’s lack of density have in mind. Friendship Heights Village, on the MD side of Western, was probably the earliest example in the area of building a dense, high rise community that could take advantage of public transit options. Are those of you describing the lack of density in FH only talking about the DC side of the neighborhood? I have to say that one of the things that makes living in the area attractive is the mixed-density and the green spaces (thank you GEICO!) that balance out the high rises on the MD side.

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The geico campus is a tragic waste of valuable land and a crime against planning. The gigantic surface parking lot would be better used as literally anything else including a jail, tannery, or slaughterhouse. At least those would bring jobs to the area!

In general I find the MD side very unpleasant not because of its high density, but because of its awful suburban street design. It should be a narrow street grid like the DC side. [/quote]

The GEICO campus is a truly welcome oasis of green space for the people who live in an extremely dense area of high rises.   I’ve lived in both Manhattan and FHV — and what makes it livable is the proximity to green spaces and low rise buildings like the GEICO campus — which, not incidentally, houses lots and lots of jobs.

I’m curious. PP: Where do you live? If you’re living in a SFH with your own yard, you might not fully appreciate what it’s like to be quarantined in an apartment, surrounded by other apartments, without a scrap of nature. Proximity to green space actually has health benefits, Unless you’re living next to a tannery, a jail, or a slaughterhouse yourself, you might like the standing for your - um - proposals. 
I say this as someone who remembers the area west of Chelsea way before High Line. Animal carcasses swaying from hooks really is probably not a better use for a surface parking lot that at least provides visual relief and welcome space for the community, especially during weekends.

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Then it is an oasis for people who don't know the neighborhood they claim to be living in.

The predominant feature of the Geico property is its large surface parking lots.

Of course if you live there then you should now that literally immediately adjacent to the Geico property is Brookdale park which has lots of mature trees, shade and an actual playground. And a block further west along Willard is the Willard Avenue Park which has trails, a creek, a basketball court and another playground!

And a couple of blocks further away across Western is Ft Bayard park.

So no the greenspace on the Geico property is really not of much utility if you know the neighborhood and environmentally it does nothing to make up for the much larger surface parking lots which are terrible for the environment.[/quote]

PP: Yes, I know where these parks are. I also get to see the trees and lawns and fountains on the GEICO property from my apartment windows, and look forward to the days when it snows and neighborhood families bring their sleds to play on the GEICO hill.
I also appreciate the large surface parking lots where many teens get their first driving lessons and multiple community activities take place.

Wow! Different people in different circumstances with different resources appreciate different things.  Who knew! Shrug

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Who will save the surface parking lots from gentrification![/quote]

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