Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, Trader Joe's is coming to Chevy Chase Pavillion.
FH could be incredible if it was connected on the MD side. You could create another Reston Town Center or whatever they call the area in Rockville/North Bethesda with the REI and LL Bean.
You have a wasted surface lot behind the new Mazza replacement, wasted surface lot at the Saks in CC MD. You have the Lord & Taylor site...it seems crazy to turn that into the new bus depot...although I guess that opens up development of the current bus depot.
It needs to be far more mixed-use...apartments, retail, entertainment (Dave & Busters, Pinstripes type places), etc.
Turning Friendship Heights and AU Park into some high rise city with Dave & Busters? No thanks.
That would be awesome. Right now it is basically nothing and wont be converted into a SFH or open space area…so what would you suggest?
BTW…I don’t care nor even understand what Smart growth is. I want a fun, dynamic destination with lots for everyone to do.
Anonymous wrote:Turning the Lord and Taylor into a WMATA bus garage is nuts. Makes me question the credibility of the entire plan.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
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.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Gee, I've always wanted to live in Ballston -- and now Ballston is coming to me! Yuck.
Anyway, the person who keeps using the word 'activate' in every paragraph in that planning doc must be silenced
"Activate" is the new Smart Growth industry buzzword, now that "urban vibrancy" has become a term of ridicule.
Do you think FH should stay the way it is now with a bunch of empty buildings and surface parking lots? What is your development solution for a high transit hub on a major corridor?
I can't stand the smart growth people. They remind me of locusts.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, Trader Joe's is coming to Chevy Chase Pavillion.
FH could be incredible if it was connected on the MD side. You could create another Reston Town Center or whatever they call the area in Rockville/North Bethesda with the REI and LL Bean.
You have a wasted surface lot behind the new Mazza replacement, wasted surface lot at the Saks in CC MD. You have the Lord & Taylor site...it seems crazy to turn that into the new bus depot...although I guess that opens up development of the current bus depot.
It needs to be far more mixed-use...apartments, retail, entertainment (Dave & Busters, Pinstripes type places), etc.
I don't know about Reston Town Center, but Pike and Rose has way more parking than anything in DC should have. Or, really, that anything in North Bethesda should have.
Funny how many cars with DC tags I see when I walk to Pike and Rose.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, Trader Joe's is coming to Chevy Chase Pavillion.
FH could be incredible if it was connected on the MD side. You could create another Reston Town Center or whatever they call the area in Rockville/North Bethesda with the REI and LL Bean.
You have a wasted surface lot behind the new Mazza replacement, wasted surface lot at the Saks in CC MD. You have the Lord & Taylor site...it seems crazy to turn that into the new bus depot...although I guess that opens up development of the current bus depot.
It needs to be far more mixed-use...apartments, retail, entertainment (Dave & Busters, Pinstripes type places), etc.
Turning Friendship Heights and AU Park into some high rise city with Dave & Busters? No thanks.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Gee, I've always wanted to live in Ballston -- and now Ballston is coming to me! Yuck.
Anyway, the person who keeps using the word 'activate' in every paragraph in that planning doc must be silenced
"Activate" is the new Smart Growth industry buzzword, now that "urban vibrancy" has become a term of ridicule.
Do you think FH should stay the way it is now with a bunch of empty buildings and surface parking lots? What is your development solution for a high transit hub on a major corridor?
I can't stand the smart growth people. They remind me of locusts.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Gee, I've always wanted to live in Ballston -- and now Ballston is coming to me! Yuck.
Anyway, the person who keeps using the word 'activate' in every paragraph in that planning doc must be silenced
"Activate" is the new Smart Growth industry buzzword, now that "urban vibrancy" has become a term of ridicule.
Do you think FH should stay the way it is now with a bunch of empty buildings and surface parking lots? What is your development solution for a high transit hub on a major corridor?