tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post5429953073041402345..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Knee Deep in New Development at Fort TottenKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-57923310532318350132012-11-02T16:35:47.193-04:002012-11-02T16:35:47.193-04:00I've grown up in this neighborhood and any ind...I've grown up in this neighborhood and any individual as IGNORANT as the one that left the comment on Sept. 23 should keep their RACIST and condescending behind out of the neighborhood. Unfortunately for you the "blacks" in this neighborhood aren’t going anywhere unless, God forbid, they pass on. Your kind isn’t needed nor welcome in the community so please do everyone a favor and soil your negativity somewhere else. If you look around the city, yes even in the most uppity communities of DC, there are “young kids habging out late at night” so, unfortunately, no matter where you go in the city that’s what you’ll find. The Lamond-Riggs community has done a lot of great things for many children growing up in the community and propelled many of us to higher education and excellent jobs and will continue to do so. I am glad to see the developments and improvements that have come under Mayor Fenty and I am looking forward to helping out with all the new beginnings. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-44081965187968052912010-12-09T15:26:45.053-05:002010-12-09T15:26:45.053-05:00I think developing the area is a promising idea bu...I think developing the area is a promising idea but if they are not attempting to incorporate the maximum green building strategies and reuse at least some of the building material that is demolished then they are wasting money and anything that starts off with strong ideas in one area but weak mindset in another is doomed to fail in other areas. <br />One example of this is those "low-lifes" that everyone wants to kick out just so they can move in and live it up in some condo. This is the District of Columbia...if the people moving in are unconcerned with the betterment of the overall society and only interested in protecting their own interests, then that not only reflects upon the gentrification that ultimately affects this area, but it quite possibly will also start to reflect our government. No one wants a bunch of selfish, wasteful idiots developing, moving in, or running our government...there's already plenty of that. If the ANC commission's requests were largely ignored in the production of these plans....a commission that undoubtedly has been interested in the progression of this area for much longer than any developers Then how can this plan be that great? Like most things in life, some aspects will be great: promotes a better economy surely. But other aspects will suck patooty and further cause lower NE and SE DC to be full of those previously called "low-lifes" whose lives are deemed unworthy by so many unintuitive beasts. <br />Anyway I applaud some things like the Children's Musuem...I just hope innovative businesses and more importantly community-serving nonprofits will be renting these retail spaces; not just the typical commercial spaces.<br />PS: Family's lived around here since forever + a bazillion light-years. ;)Lianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-9079919962316720522010-09-23T16:02:01.382-04:002010-09-23T16:02:01.382-04:00Sounds good, but in this dire straits of an econom...Sounds good, but in this dire straits of an economy...who knows when this will see the light !!!<br />As for developing this area..its great. I have lived in DC for almost 25 years, and this area has been declining. Drug infested, loiters, liquor stores, young kids habging out late at night, etc..very unsafe, and bad image of DC.. I say build it, and push the low life people out. One can easily see the DC are transforming, and its not hard to see that DC with all the new construction coming in and being completed , sorry to say the blacks and residents who have lived there for years are being pushed out..GOOD !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-84261047214167433552009-02-27T16:52:00.000-05:002009-02-27T16:52:00.000-05:00I had hoped that the project would be much further...I had hoped that the project would be much further along--given that it was being planned about two or three years ago--now I'm concerned about whether it will happen by 2011. My goal is to purchase a condo this year, but unfortunately it will not be in the Fort Totten area that I had desired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-76647787761031018312009-01-31T17:20:00.000-05:002009-01-31T17:20:00.000-05:00I personally think it is ridiculous to build a gro...I personally think it is ridiculous to build a grocery store in the area because there is one right up the street about two minutes away. I was exited to find what they were going to build there but I am dissapointed.Airennnnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03364722199754684047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-67676921062642955982009-01-14T16:41:00.000-05:002009-01-14T16:41:00.000-05:00Great project, but no way they'll get financing fo...Great project, but no way they'll get financing for this thing in a reasonable timeframe... I'd guess they could put shovel to dirt BY 2011<BR/><BR/>There are a lot of "sure thing" projects that even include public subsidy that don't yet have financing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com