Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 16:18     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Wow, reads like an ad from the 1950's:

"Parking at Mosaic is effortless, free and part of the Mosaic experience. Step out of our well-lit, well-designed garages and explore an innovative urban community."
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 16:13     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
What??

I've been to mosaic several times, so I was curious and semi-excited to hear that there is a park that I hadn't noticed. Well, turns out that "Strawberry Park" is the patch of concrete and bit of turf you pass on your way into Angelika. Trying to blow it into something more than that is....aspirational, misleading and embarrassing to those who can appreciate mosaic for what it is. Which is not anything resembling a playground.

I think you have a somewhat rigid idea of what a public space or a playground is supposed to look like. We have a very active 3-year old. This is what he did the last few times we visited Mosaic: screamed his head off and jumped around the spray fountains, moved the rocks around and splashed in the rock pile feature, pushed the chess figures on the sidewalk, lay on the grass amid all the people on their blankets picnicking, lounged on the chairs on the square, had a caramel gelato. It doesn't have to look like a playground to be a playground. And if you think there isn't a public space there, at least in the warmer months, then I think all the dozens of families munching on their blankets enjoying the sunshine and the screen would have been stunned to hear it.


+1. It's actually a good space for toddlers to burn off some energy. PP seems to have a major bug up her ass.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 15:18     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:
What??

I've been to mosaic several times, so I was curious and semi-excited to hear that there is a park that I hadn't noticed. Well, turns out that "Strawberry Park" is the patch of concrete and bit of turf you pass on your way into Angelika. Trying to blow it into something more than that is....aspirational, misleading and embarrassing to those who can appreciate mosaic for what it is. Which is not anything resembling a playground.

I think you have a somewhat rigid idea of what a public space or a playground is supposed to look like. We have a very active 3-year old. This is what he did the last few times we visited Mosaic: screamed his head off and jumped around the spray fountains, moved the rocks around and splashed in the rock pile feature, pushed the chess figures on the sidewalk, lay on the grass amid all the people on their blankets picnicking, lounged on the chairs on the square, had a caramel gelato. It doesn't have to look like a playground to be a playground. And if you think there isn't a public space there, at least in the warmer months, then I think all the dozens of families munching on their blankets enjoying the sunshine and the screen would have been stunned to hear it.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 14:44     Subject: Re:New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:Is there any talk or possibility of a pedestrian bridge over 29 between the shopping center and the metro?


I don't walk in that area (I'm closer to Vienna), but I hope so. For an area that is supposed to be becoming pedestrian friendly, it's like the traffic engineers never imagined people would walk there. It looks like a complete nightmare to cross, not least because of the number of people I have seen blowing their horn at pedestrians who have the walk sign.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 14:15     Subject: Re:New Mosaic District town homes
Is there any talk or possibility of a pedestrian bridge over 29 between the shopping center and the metro?
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 14:15     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Ahhhhh....forever "Scaryfield"........



Ah, Toto, it looks like we're not in 1998 anymore.


NO, it will forever be Muddyfield!


Admit it, you're just mad the Taco Bell at Gallows and Lee is gone.

But median prices in the Mosaic area over the past three years have increased at a rate about three times as great as Bethesda, and higher than Clarendon, too. They are mature or maturing, while the Merrifield/Dunn Loring area is taking off.


I miss that Taco Bell! There is one not too far away on West and Broad for those late night border runs.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 13:01     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Ahhhhh....forever "Scaryfield"........



Ah, Toto, it looks like we're not in 1998 anymore.


NO, it will forever be Muddyfield!


Admit it, you're just mad the Taco Bell at Gallows and Lee is gone.

But median prices in the Mosaic area over the past three years have increased at a rate about three times as great as Bethesda, and higher than Clarendon, too. They are mature or maturing, while the Merrifield/Dunn Loring area is taking off.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 12:31     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Ahhhhh....forever "Scaryfield"........



Ah, Toto, it looks like we're not in 1998 anymore.


NO, it will forever be Muddyfield!
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 12:30     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Arlington resident here, and self-acclaimed walkability advocate

I actually think Merrifield Drive looks quite nice. It seems to be about half a mile walk to Dunn Loring metro, so that's excellent.

To walk there you have to cross about 7 lanes of Prosperity Avenue and walk along Gallows Road. The crossings are unpleasant for pedestrians but the sidewalks are nice and wide and separated from traffic.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 11:01     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think that libraries are closing no one really wants them


Is this really the mindset of the Mosaic District promoters? Then I guess it makes sense that they are CRAZY for this pocket of overt commercialization.

I think Mosaic District is just fine for what it is (retail area), but I don't get how some DCUM posters are making it out to be the new Mecca. Really?


Not the poster, but no doubt that libraries are largely ignored now, for obvious reasons. They mostly seem to be popular so some moms can talk about pushing their strollers in their "walkable" neighborhoods to the library for story time.

No one is claiming Mosaic is a "Mecca" (except, perhaps, in the narrow sense that it merits a visit), but it's also telling that others want to judge the entirety of the plans to redevelop Merrifield based on what is or isn't in the Mosaic District as of this very moment. It does seem to betray a certain underlying resentment or insecurity. Perhaps you just should come out and tell us what you believe is so much more deserving of our attention.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 10:49     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think that libraries are closing no one really wants them


Is this really the mindset of the Mosaic District promoters? Then I guess it makes sense that they are CRAZY for this pocket of overt commercialization.

I think Mosaic District is just fine for what it is (retail area), but I don't get how some DCUM posters are making it out to be the new Mecca. Really?


1. That's probably not a "Mosaic District promoter." Just a random shit stirrer on DCUM.
2. I don't think anyone has said it's a new Mecca for anything. Comments have gone like this: it's nice to have so many more options!
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 10:47     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:

Plans can be found here:

http://www.fcrevit.org/merrifield/info.htm

It's definitely an upcoming area. The haters are pathetic.


Thanks for the plans!
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 10:44     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:I think that libraries are closing no one really wants them


Is this really the mindset of the Mosaic District promoters? Then I guess it makes sense that they are CRAZY for this pocket of overt commercialization.

I think Mosaic District is just fine for what it is (retail area), but I don't get how some DCUM posters are making it out to be the new Mecca. Really?
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 10:01     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
Anonymous wrote:I think that libraries are closing no one really wants them


The Jefferson District Library is a couple of miles away in any event.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2014 09:45     Subject: New Mosaic District town homes
I think that libraries are closing no one really wants them