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My other suggestions were facetious, to point out how facetious ddot's other sites were.

In this marble-clad town it is easy to forget that there is almost nothing to be proud of over on Benning Rd, save this school, which is struggling academically. Perhaps its shameful consideration by ddot is a reflection of that. To build something in front of it -- and you can be sure it will be a how-hum, utilitarian building, nothing like the East Capital St carbarn -- is to rape the only beautiful thing in the neighborhood.

...the fact that you think the Metro flyover is some kind of proof that this could be done means you either don't care about or are willfully ignoring the differences in the project stakeholders and political climate between the streetcar project and Washington Metro in the 70s.

I think that the difficulty in getting Congress to move on RFK is because up to now, the reason to do it has not been that compelling. (Come up with a site plan to redevelop RFK? *YAWN*) But in this case otoh, the already-laid streetcar tracks await what NPS no doubt considers to be an insignificant and unused piece of property, that is nevertheless vital to the project. That is a good reason for Congress to move. I am sure our illustrious delegate knows how to get this done.

This building will be there for many decades. It is important to do this right.

by goldfish on Jul 1, 2012 11:14 pm • link • report