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I hear there's so much construction in DC nowadays that they've actually requested some people to move out of the city. With so much construction going on, the city has apparently become one giant safety hazard.
I don't know where you heard that. Maybe you are joking. On a serious note, there has been some press about the city having too much construction going on at the same time. I don't know about the city asking people to leave though. How does that even make sense but again I'm sure you were joking. It's probably depending on which neighborhood you live in. I'll admit some neighborhoods are pretty overrun.
Capital Riverfront/Navy Yard is probably the most overrun at this point. There are 7 high rises under construction in that neighborhood alone making up 2,100 new housing units. Three more buildings are set to break ground at the end of 2014 which would push that number to 10 residential high rises and over 3,000 new housing units. There is a hotel under construction and another hotel about to break ground. In total, there will be 12 high rises under construction in that neighborhood alone. That's probably the most extreme case.
Mt Vernon Triangle is getting pretty bad with 6 high rises under construction. There are 3 more buildings that could break ground next years though bringing that number to 10 high rises. The MidCity/U street neighborhood is pretty bad. The 14th and U street intersection will have 5 high rises under construction within a three block radius and there are over 10 other buildings under construction in that neighborhood. Those are probably the three worse in the city.
The neighborhood to watch is the Union Market neighborhood. About 60% of that neighborhood will be under construction in the next 1-2 years. I don't think the industry has ever seen such a rapid explosion in any other neighborhood. Everyone is talking about it. NOMA and the Atlas/H Street neighborhoods go down for honorable mention. Also, the Ivy City and New York Avenue corridor coming into the city is one to watch. All and all, I understand why people are upset, D.C. Is gentrifying faster than any city on record in U.S. history with entire blocks changing it would seem overnight. A lot of people are writing about it right now. I agree with some of the publications and I disagree with some of them. You can't stop progress though, all we can do is adapt.
I don't get the impression Seattle is "booming" visiting there, even if the population is still growing.
I was there this summer (after not having visited for a few years). It seemed to have gotten quite a bit more bustling and there were a lot of construction going on still.
I don't get the impression Seattle is "booming" visiting there, even if the population is still growing.
Yeah, look up the numbers - Seattle has the most low-, mid-, and high-rise new residential units and retail space coming in per capita of any city, and it's not even close.
It's not even necessarily a good thing, as it's causing the city to feel more sterile and a lot of times (although not always) those retail spaces don't actually facilitate a vibrant streetscape.
Yeah, look up the numbers - Seattle has the most low-, mid-, and high-rise new residential units and retail space coming in per capita of any city, and it's not even close.
It's not even necessarily a good thing, as it's causing the city to feel more sterile and a lot of times (although not always) those retail spaces don't actually facilitate a vibrant streetscape.
Yeah, look up the numbers - Seattle has the most low-, mid-, and high-rise new residential units and retail space coming in per capita of any city, and it's not even close.
It's not even necessarily a good thing, as it's causing the city to feel more sterile and a lot of times (although not always) those retail spaces don't actually facilitate a vibrant streetscape.
Not sure I agree about the "vibrant streetscape" bit. South Lake Union is already packed with people on the streets, and the entire neighborhood is still under a ton of construction and not completely finished. I think most if the new buildings going up are very high quality and tasteful. It's not like the newer buildings are catering to make Seattle some ugly slum; on the contrary, all of the new buildings going up are all catering to attract high-income tenants with fairly state-of-the-art amenities.
I think he's saying that the newness of all of the buildings feels sterile, and that's exactly how I felt about DC when visiting, and then shortly followed by visiting Chicago and noticing just how different old and new urbanism truly is. I realize DC has both old and new urbanism (as does Chicago), but what I realized was a.) just how much I personally prefer the original stuff to the new stuff, and b.) how much I truly loved Chicago's style (having spent so much time there already, but didn't see it that way for quite some time).
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