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Better station access from the southwest is a fine idea (though it will be expensive and take forever). The new retail/residential at the station is sure to spur some changes for the better. But that entire area really can't emerge until the properties northwest of the station are redeveloped. The dreary failure of the "Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center", with bottom-feeding Forman Mills, a vacant Safeway, and soon-to-be abandoned CVS will always suck opportunity out of the area. Property owners including the megachurch should invest in a total reshaping of what they've got. How about a spectacular church sanctuary at the corner of 4th and Rhode Island, anchoring the vista up 4th St NE to the Basilica? How about tall buildings lining the north side of RIA, with access to a new street grid behind that helps relate to the Edgewood highrises? And maybe all that would spur Jemal etc to do something with their bombed out warehouses northeast of the station. Ahhh, Ward 5, with so much opportunity, so little leadership...

by jingeddie on Dec 22, 2011 1:24 pm • link • report

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