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This isn't meant to compare New York with D.C. New York is in a league of it's own. I am just stating they would be the only two cities with a massive park dividing their downtown area's. Southwest DC is where the city is currently building a whole new downtown with nothing but mixed use developments as far as the eye can see all the way to the water's edge. The entire area south of the national mall will be developed to be nothing but mixed use highrises and may eclipse the existing Downtown in total area. The population in SW will reach very high numbers in a few years. Will the national mall in the middle of the two become similar to central park in New York. Not many places have a massive park dividing downtown.
The far right redevelopment area
The far left redevelopment area
SW D.C. Construction
Last edited by MDAllstar; 12-29-2010 at 02:55 PM..
i already know where this thread is gonna go. imo i wouldn't compare anything in DC to NYC, but the national mall is something no other city has and can't be compared to anything else. when the SW waterfront project is completed it'll probably give brooklyn's waterfront a run for its money..
Nice to see all the new development. It would be great if DC ended the height restriction on buildings within a certain distance from the Mall. All the midget buildings is really the only thing I don't like about DC.
DC has a huge downtown. Can you imagine the office space we would have if all those midget buildings were 40+ stories high on average? Then DC really would be comparable to NYC. As the capital of the U.S. it really should be a world class city on the same level as NYC.
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