tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post4239074595269598887..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Giant Wins Lawsuit for Wisconsin Ave RedevelopmentKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-17076791204438317142011-12-29T19:14:10.093-05:002011-12-29T19:14:10.093-05:00Looking forward to the additional retail options a...Looking forward to the additional retail options and dining choices that Giant is going to bring us in a transit-accessible, bikeable and walkable area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-69344873753813611062011-12-29T13:18:28.496-05:002011-12-29T13:18:28.496-05:00It's not just Giant's time & money was...It's not just Giant's time & money wasted, it's our tax dollars paying for the judicial system to process the case. Not to mention our tax dollars paying for city employees at the Historic Preservation Office, Zoning, and Office of Planning to devote time wildly disproportionate to the size of the project). The neighborhood NIMBY's have shown that if you are the 1% (or very close), you can manipulate the system radically to your favor. In this case, they finally lost (huzzah! huzzah!!) but it went on way to long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-80670573031626872032011-12-28T09:44:02.762-05:002011-12-28T09:44:02.762-05:00"I hope they counter sue that Community Group..."I hope they counter sue that Community Group for the time and money they wasted." <br /><br />Giant probably will just want to move on with the project and not look back. But now that it's full speed ahead with all approvals obtained, it's ok to acknowledge that Cathedral Commons will attract more traffic to that area. Yet the surrounding road infrastructure appears too narrow to handle it, in particular what the community group calls its "historic" streets of Macomb, Newark, Ordway, etc. Tell DDOT it should be its priority to upgrade those streets, with wider travel lanes, turn lanes and left turn signals at the major intersections. Watch the NIMBY heads of the community group spin then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-81815718890715503772011-12-23T08:42:19.062-05:002011-12-23T08:42:19.062-05:00i don't normally drink, but when i do, it'...i don't normally drink, but when i do, it's to celebrate the defeat of neighbor activist ass hats. CHEERS!da poooooooonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-13650367341197515172011-12-23T06:48:55.589-05:002011-12-23T06:48:55.589-05:00I hope they counter sue that Community Group for t...I hope they counter sue that Community Group for the time and money they wasted. This kind of development would be welcomed in any part of the city. No glass towers, nice scale, wow, could I have some in Silver Spring?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-27695479689517870562011-12-22T20:56:50.110-05:002011-12-22T20:56:50.110-05:00It does seem like Giant was an urban pioneer here ...It does seem like Giant was an urban pioneer here in D.C. Weren't there a number of Giants here before there were any Whole Foods or Harris Teeters?Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-32123762224397580822011-12-22T18:18:24.388-05:002011-12-22T18:18:24.388-05:00Free at last, Free at last....Free at last, Free at last....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com