tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post4498511736486256789..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: District to Give Money to Start Rhode Island Mixed-UseKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-74995891410859328052010-04-09T13:26:47.539-04:002010-04-09T13:26:47.539-04:00There will be plenty of Parking at The Rhode Islan...There will be plenty of Parking at The Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center across the street where they have a commuter parking lot with reasonable rates (cheaper than Metro) and a new pedestrian bridge will be added in 2011 to connect the two sites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-20573297516222969372010-03-25T18:15:43.833-04:002010-03-25T18:15:43.833-04:00I agree. Lessard Group did not "up-the-design...I agree. Lessard Group did not "up-the-design-ante" on this one....not that they ever do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-34844159231371784112010-03-22T17:24:55.954-04:002010-03-22T17:24:55.954-04:00This project actually adds over 700 parking spaces...This project actually adds over 700 parking spaces to the community, of which most will be publicly accessible. Pedestrian access and kiss and ride will be maintained during construction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-75812322769490446142010-03-20T10:08:01.236-04:002010-03-20T10:08:01.236-04:00i would assume that the "metro garage" i...i would assume that the "metro garage" in the drawing is a parking garage.reflexivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-65562943022090708762010-03-19T22:19:02.076-04:002010-03-19T22:19:02.076-04:00Who cares about parking what about the individuals...Who cares about parking what about the individuals that don't live near the station what are they supposed to do; quite being insensitive. <br /><br />Everybody cant live near a station eventually there wont be any room than what; your recreating the current problem in a different form with no way of stopping it (driving)when there is no parking lots available for people to take transit all it will do is make the streets packed with more parks look at the long term unless they plan on building a new line going up Rhode Island Ave.Quenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-85817166658762338172010-03-19T19:19:51.174-04:002010-03-19T19:19:51.174-04:00Who cares about parking? It's an urban station...Who cares about parking? It's an urban station and as such wasting valuable nearby land for surface parking is a wholly inappropriate use.Salfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226154980920761685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-35046154499179574722010-03-19T18:15:40.859-04:002010-03-19T18:15:40.859-04:00So what happens to the Metro Parking; there are no...So what happens to the Metro Parking; there are no stations nearby for anyone to park at and Ft Totten is out of the way if your coming from off of Rhode island Ave, Bladensburg RD, New York Ave etc.Quenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-91448189399114869492010-03-19T13:50:24.545-04:002010-03-19T13:50:24.545-04:00That design is considerably superior to anything i...That design is considerably superior to anything in the immediate area. It looks fine to me. So when are they going to actually start construction?Disgusted in DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099497236740569956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-68843509685781359712010-03-19T11:57:36.918-04:002010-03-19T11:57:36.918-04:00and taking out the pedestrian bridge?and taking out the pedestrian bridge?reflexivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-91678150932798581052010-03-19T11:20:00.142-04:002010-03-19T11:20:00.142-04:00Wow. It looks like they are going to take out the...Wow. It looks like they are going to take out the hill to make it street level. is that true?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-28562316557179281882010-03-19T01:25:56.231-04:002010-03-19T01:25:56.231-04:00Looks like a WMATA trend for NE DC red line statio...Looks like a WMATA trend for NE DC red line stations. Brookland and Fort Totten have similar plans in the works.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07900633126790914133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-47021692403056864222010-03-18T21:33:04.758-04:002010-03-18T21:33:04.758-04:00Lessard Group really needs to pick it up in the de...Lessard Group really needs to pick it up in the design department. That's gotta be the most bland, neo-blah nothing design I've seen in a while. Every neighborhood in DC deserves much more than an a$$hat on the corner.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311099669536923863noreply@blogger.com