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Not to split hairs, but if the definition of favored quarter is the one you link to there- Rosslyn-Balston was not in the favored quarter in the 1970s/80s. It was a declining middle-class corridor that had many recently immigrated Latino and Asian families moving in. If you want a picture of what it looked like, think Seven Corners with less stores open and less dense development.

Also, the "favored quarter" argument ignores inner-ring suburban decline, which is a generalized pattern in many older metropolitan areas. Read "Confronting Suburban Decline" by Bill Lucy and David Phillips. Don't let the beauty of the theory stop you from examining the facts.

But the bottom line is this is all good for TOD- it shows that it can revitalize a place in a MAJOR way. Perhaps more than you meant it to demonstrate when you wrote the post.

by mfs on Oct 23, 2008 11:43 pm • link • report

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