Anonymous
Post 01/09/2011 17:32     Subject: Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
I live in FH and have access to both CC and Tenleytown. AU feels like the edge of nowhere if you don't drive, but so do the eastern-most parts of CC (e.g. Lafayette and beyond).

But if you're close to CT Ave in CC, I think you have a nice urban-villagey environment in close proximity (library, PO, rec center, theater, toy store, deli) as well as reasonable access to lots of retail on Wisconsin Ave.

It seems like a great % of Ttown residents send their kids to Janney than CC residents do to Lafayette and that Ttown is a bit younger and less affluent.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2011 12:59     Subject: Re:Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
Anonymous wrote:
And you must agree with the Adams Morgan smirker that the retail on Wisconsin is ugly and soulless once you get north of Glover Park.


We (myself included) can agree that it's not cute and charming, and then we can remind ourselves that Wisconsin Ave. north of Tenley is a huge commercial draw for both locals and regional visitors. I see you all circling on the weekends, looking for free parking in the residential area on your way to pick up skinny jeans at Loehman's and J. Crew or a pillow at PB. Souless ... and really useful too. Probably more useful than a cute wine bar over a one-year period.


Wrong. You didn't see me, I was nowhere near the place. And that strip at Tenley is the worst offender of them all.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2011 12:33     Subject: Re:Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
And you must agree with the Adams Morgan smirker that the retail on Wisconsin is ugly and soulless once you get north of Glover Park.


We (myself included) can agree that it's not cute and charming, and then we can remind ourselves that Wisconsin Ave. north of Tenley is a huge commercial draw for both locals and regional visitors. I see you all circling on the weekends, looking for free parking in the residential area on your way to pick up skinny jeans at Loehman's and J. Crew or a pillow at PB. Souless ... and really useful too. Probably more useful than a cute wine bar over a one-year period.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2011 12:26     Subject: Re:Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
None of these are in great supply in eastern CC DC, actually.



OP here. You note that community cohesiveness is not in great supply in CC DC. Are you aware of that first hand? I'm certainly not trying to provoke you; I'm just hoping to get solid information from this board. And the sense I got from the board before your response, and from personally walking around the neighborhood and playground, is that CC DC is neighborly, particularly compared to many southern neighborhoods in Montgomery County (I grew up in Edgemoor). Have you had a different experience living in CC DC?


OP, I posted the above and I'm sorry but I totally misspoke before. I live in western CC DC, and I believe that the western part of CC DC is somewhat less neighborly than the eastern part by Lafayette, Blessed Sacrament, etc. The eastern part seems more cohesive and communal, too, I suspect in large part due to everyone attending 1 of 2 schools. This has been my observation for 10 years.

Anonymous
Post 01/09/2011 09:14     Subject: Re:Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
Anonymous wrote:I live in Cleveland Park--love my neighbors. They dropped by with gifts just yesterday. We are quite close to Tenley. I can't imagine why our friends just on the other side of Wis in AU Park who walk to the Tenley/Metro etc. would feel like they were in a suburban subdivision? On the far side of AU Park you are still walkable and have quit transit corridors - as in minutes. Maybe the reference should be to Spring Valley? That feels more remote.


But the downside of quiet transportation corridors is dearth of convenient retail and walkable neighborhoods: theatres, restaurants, delis, flower & gift shops, library branches, coffee shops, dry cleaners, wine stores, etc. The corridor is dead because there's no reason to be there. CT Ave. is much more lively. And you must agree with the Adams Morgan smirker that the retail on Wisconsin is ugly and soulless once you get north of Glover Park.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2011 08:55     Subject: Re:Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
I live in Cleveland Park--love my neighbors. They dropped by with gifts just yesterday. We are quite close to Tenley. I can't imagine why our friends just on the other side of Wis in AU Park who walk to the Tenley/Metro etc. would feel like they were in a suburban subdivision? On the far side of AU Park you are still walkable and have quit transit corridors - as in minutes. Maybe the reference should be to Spring Valley? That feels more remote.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2011 07:22     Subject: Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:True, 23:07. And OP was asking about community cohesiveness and very young families. and public school attendance.

None of these are in great supply in eastern CC DC, actually.



OP here. You note that community cohesiveness is not in great supply in CC DC. Are you aware of that first hand? I'm certainly not trying to provoke you; I'm just hoping to get solid information from this board. And the sense I got from the board before your response, and from personally walking around the neighborhood and playground, is that CC DC is neighborly, particularly compared to many southern neighborhoods in Montgomery County (I grew up in Edgemoor). Have you had a different experience living in CC DC?

I'd say, as a rule of thumb, that the closer you get to Lafayette, the more neighborly you get. (And, yes, certainly more so than Edgemoor!)
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2011 23:36     Subject: Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
Anonymous wrote:True, 23:07. And OP was asking about community cohesiveness and very young families. and public school attendance.

None of these are in great supply in eastern CC DC, actually.



OP here. You note that community cohesiveness is not in great supply in CC DC. Are you aware of that first hand? I'm certainly not trying to provoke you; I'm just hoping to get solid information from this board. And the sense I got from the board before your response, and from personally walking around the neighborhood and playground, is that CC DC is neighborly, particularly compared to many southern neighborhoods in Montgomery County (I grew up in Edgemoor). Have you had a different experience living in CC DC?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2011 23:21     Subject: Re:Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Can someone explain what about CC feels more like part of the city as compared to AU Park? You cannot even get to the metro.


The western part of Chevy Chase DC extends to Wisconsin Ave as its western boundary. The commercial area around the Friendship Heights metro is more densely built than the corresponding commercial area near AU Park.


Chevy Chase is situated between two major avenues, with multiple retail, commercial, restaurant, and entertainment options, and from many locations is walkable to both. There's really nothing in AU Park except other houses in AU Park. It's kind of like a suburban subdivision.

I'm the <smirker> in Adams Morgan with no dog in this fight, but the CC crowd is engaging in some serious cherry-picking here. First, OP is focused on Lafayette, which means east of CT and nowhere near Friendship Heights (or at least not any closer to Friendship Heights than most of AU Park is). Second, the commercial strip at Tenley is ugly and soul-sucking, to be sure, but it's at least more built up and commercially diverse than anything so far north on CT. Finally, anything north and/or east of Lafayette isn't really walkable (or at least isn't really walked) even to CT. Granted, the western half of the AU Park diamond is definitely deep 'burbs, too, but that's actually a lower percentage of Janney's cachement area than Lafayette's.


I don't live in CC either and also have no dog in this fight, but "so far north" on CT Ave. actually includes the Avalon theatre and some restaurants and convenient retail. Sure, it's not Adams Morgan, but OTOH they have backyards. Higher density comes at a price. One of the PPs suggested the Murch area which really is between CT and Wisconsin, not to mention is a more attractive school.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2011 23:14     Subject: Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
True, 23:07. And OP was asking about community cohesiveness and very young families. and public school attendance.

None of these are in great supply in eastern CC DC, actually.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2011 23:07     Subject: Re:Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Can someone explain what about CC feels more like part of the city as compared to AU Park? You cannot even get to the metro.


The western part of Chevy Chase DC extends to Wisconsin Ave as its western boundary. The commercial area around the Friendship Heights metro is more densely built than the corresponding commercial area near AU Park.


Chevy Chase is situated between two major avenues, with multiple retail, commercial, restaurant, and entertainment options, and from many locations is walkable to both. There's really nothing in AU Park except other houses in AU Park. It's kind of like a suburban subdivision.

I'm the <smirker> in Adams Morgan with no dog in this fight, but the CC crowd is engaging in some serious cherry-picking here. First, OP is focused on Lafayette, which means east of CT and nowhere near Friendship Heights (or at least not any closer to Friendship Heights than most of AU Park is). Second, the commercial strip at Tenley is ugly and soul-sucking, to be sure, but it's at least more built up and commercially diverse than anything so far north on CT. Finally, anything north and/or east of Lafayette isn't really walkable (or at least isn't really walked) even to CT. Granted, the western half of the AU Park diamond is definitely deep 'burbs, too, but that's actually a lower percentage of Janney's cachement area than Lafayette's.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2011 22:57     Subject: Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
A lot of AU Park is a quick walk to Wisconsin Ave and 2 metros, though
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2011 22:55     Subject: Re:Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
Anonymous wrote:
Can someone explain what about CC feels more like part of the city as compared to AU Park? You cannot even get to the metro.


The western part of Chevy Chase DC extends to Wisconsin Ave as its western boundary. The commercial area around the Friendship Heights metro is more densely built than the corresponding commercial area near AU Park.


Chevy Chase is situated between two major avenues, with multiple retail, commercial, restaurant, and entertainment options, and from many locations is walkable to both. There's really nothing in AU Park except other houses in AU Park. It's kind of like a suburban subdivision.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2011 22:55     Subject: Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
? too many words, is it?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2011 22:53     Subject: Re:Elementary Schools - Chevy Chase DC
Anonymous wrote:
Can someone explain what about CC feels more like part of the city as compared to AU Park? You cannot even get to the metro.


The western part of Chevy Chase DC extends to Wisconsin Ave as its western boundary. The commercial area around the Friendship Heights metro is more densely built than the corresponding commercial area near AU Park.

Gibberish.