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I don't know, we would have to research it. I know only the largest homes can be converted into condo's. There is a Dupont Circle home that is being converted into a 7 unit condo, but it's huge. Most are 2-4 units around the city.
I would say the vast majority are two units. Even many of the larger houses (4 stories) will only contain two units. It's rare to see a 3+ unit rowhouse in DC. You only see those in the most massive of structures in Columbia Heights or Bloomingdale.
I would say the vast majority are two units. Even many of the larger houses (4 stories) will only contain two units. It's rare to see a 3+ unit rowhouse in DC. You only see those in the most massive of structures in Columbia Heights or Bloomingdale.
I agree, the point I was making in my response to that poster was that row homes can't keep pace with large apartment buildings. They don't pack enough units to make a difference. A 450 unit building is basically an entire rowhome neighborhood.
I agree, the point I was making in my response to that poster was that row homes can't keep pace with large apartment buildings. They don't pack enough units to make a difference. A 450 unit building is basically an entire rowhome neighborhood.
I asked this in the DC forum but didn't get answer. This whole corridor was razed. What are they planning to build here?
I know....smh. But I guess having that there is better than what is there now.
You think so? For all of the bluster from DC posters about DC being the standard for walkable TOD, I find it more than a bit amusing that the first thing people will see upon entering the city is a huge, sprawling, auto-dependent Walmart shopping center.
Should have gotten Walmart to pay for a light rail line. I'm sure they can afford it.
But honestly, if the streetcar brings so much development, then they should have run some tracks over there. H Street didn't really need it.
There has been talk about running a streetcar spur up West Virginia ave. to this intersection off the Florida Ave. street car line, but that is down the line in planning. All the first corridors that will get streetcars are high density corridors. There aren't any people on New York Ave. to sustain the ridership.
You think so? For all of the bluster from DC posters about DC being the standard for walkable TOD, I find it more than a bit amusing that the first thing people will see upon entering the city is a huge, sprawling, auto-dependent Walmart shopping center.
Well, you know as well as I do that there is no development happening outside of the core where rail transit is not present. If this was not built there, nothing would be built there. Do you think it would be better to leave it as it is for the next 20 years? Transit is a chicken and egg problem. You need density to be able to provide enough riders to warrant the financial cost to build rapid transit. Problem is, developers aren't going to build residential buildings in high crime industrial area's without transit. The area is kind of stuck. It will take 30 years for development to bleed that far northeast in the city.
Also, there is a T in TOD. Where is the T in this area? Buses don't count for transit oriented development.
There has been talk about running a streetcar spur up West Virginia ave. to this intersection off the Florida Ave. Street car line, but that is was down the line in planning. All the first corridors that will get streetcars are high density corridors. There aren't any people on New York Ave. to sustain the ridership.
But I thought the whole point of the streetcar is to promote development. You're supposed to run the streetcar through areas like Carver-Langston to promote density. What sense does it make to run it through areas where high transit ridership is a virtual guarantee?
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