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I meant ALL Residential building. Two Liberty Place is offices, residential and soon to be hotel as well.
What do you think about the proposal to eliminate D.C.'s height limit going on in congress right now? How do you think that will play into the urbanity discussion between D.C. and Philly?
They could have just one area, not the whole city. La Defense is only .6 sq miles but has 38 million sq feet of office space along with tons of shops and hotels and 150k workers. I think the proposals are not bad, depending on how they do it. They realize that places like Bethesda and Silver Spring are too far removed and suburban and don't cut it.
Honestly I hope any change are not drastic for DC - I like that its sort of unique in this regard
Why? Other than the area around the National Mall, why does the rest of the city have to suffer? Don't you think it will benefit D.C. from a residential standpoint? D.C. doesn't need anymore office space, but needs tons of residential space.
They could have just one area, not the whole city. La Defense is only .6 sq miles but has 38 million sq feet of office space along with tons of shops and hotels and 150k workers. I think the proposals are not bad, depending on how they do it. They realize that places like Bethesda and Silver Spring are too far removed and suburban and don't cut it.
Why not the whole city except the area around the National Mall? This proposal will really be about adding residential more than anything. D.C.'s office space is already too high for a city it's size and companies are using less and less space every year. This will be about adding as many people as possible in a city that is largely built out and can only be redeveloped with taller buildings.
Why not the whole city except the area around the National Mall? This proposal will really be about adding residential more than anything. D.C.'s office space is already too high for a city it's size and companies are using less and less space every year. This will be about adding as many people as possible in a city that is largely built out and can only be redeveloped with taller buildings.
That would be fine too, esp if it means residential high rises. So yes wherever you have the 12 story buildings already everywhere, keep that, build however you want elsewhere.
Oh, if the District would ever remove it's height limit, it'd probably be the 2nd best downtown in the nation, and giving New York a run for their money. D.C. just has to do something with their Chinablock though
Oh, if the District would ever remove it's height limit, it'd probably be the 2nd best downtown in the nation, and giving New York a run for their money. D.C. just has to do something with their Chinablock though
I still think it's far far off from that... It still has a ways to go before being a "lock" above even Chicago and SF first...
That would be fine too, esp if it means residential high rises. So yes wherever you have the 12 story buildings already everywhere, keep that, build however you want elsewhere.
D.C. would join other cities with a new and old city district. The low-rise old city at 12 floors in the center and outside of that more of a traditional city with 20-40 story towers and maybe higher if demand calls for it.
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