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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only the GGW-Ward 3 Vision-developer lobby crowd is pushing for massively more retail and housing in Tenleytown.  The same folks who thought it would be a great idea to give away part of the Janney schoolyard for a condo tower.  There are plenty of opportunities to improve the streetscape in TT and have some more retail, starting with the Dominos lot by Whole Foods and the convenience/liquor stores on the south end that attract street crime.  As far as a "viable" street grid, be careful of what you wish for.  A true grid would only make it earlier for through traffic to bypass Wisconsin Avenue to seek shortcuts in the residential neighborhoods.[/quote]

That's right - nobody needs or is buying additional housing right now - that demand is magically divined by the evil smart growth crowd.

The NIMBY's stayed away from the Safeway fight because the neighbors were by and large a reasonable and open minded group - it will be interesting to see what the NIMBY's do when that same group of neighbors realizes what a bad proposal this is for them.

The NIMBY's haven't been around to own the mess that Friendship Heights continues to be because of their stewardship so I'm sure they will step back here as well.

And WRT to TT - LOL - we should only improve one part of the streetscape huh?  Of course if you are a NIMBY and just drive to Tenleytown that is the only piece you would be concerned with anyhow.[/quote]

Thank God for the NIMBY's - if developers had their way, Wisconsin Ave would look like Rockville Pike[/quote]

Huh - it does look like Rockville Pike!  Lots of cars, surface parking lots, ugly low rise buildings, excessive curb cuts, dangerous pedestrian crossings at car oriented intersections, little residential density etc.

But your comparison is stupid - Wisconsin Avenue, despite also being the Rockville Pike, is governed by DC's zoning laws not Montgomery Counties so if the NIMBY's would get out of the way the Avenue would likely evolve to resemble other thriving parts of DC.[/quote]

Like what?  I think that Chevy Chase and Cleveland Park along Connecticut Avenue are pretty thriving neighborhoods, but methinks that isn't the "thriving" model that the Greater Greater Growthers have in mind.[/quote]

You must not get out of the car much or be able to turn your head - Connecticut Avenue is lined with apartment buildings, some of which are up to 14 stories tall where they back into RCP, almost all of which are taller and denser than what Safeway had proposed for the now GDS site and most of those buildings are even older than the people fighting development in TT.  And FWIW those buildings in most cases have no buffer to the adjacent SFH's.

So you prefer the Wisconsin or Connecticut Avenue model?[/quote]

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