DC Census Tract 72 (Navy Yard) - 2,800 to 24,000+ Residents in 20 Years (construction, DMV)
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What neighborhood? A high dense group of 25 yo govie and think tank Nats fans? ? Thats a Private Club, not a neighborhood.
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Originally Posted by leighland
Im from a big city where neighborhood residents consist of infants to elderly; lower middle class w upper middle class sprinkled in; community services that serves all sorts, diff languages, diff cultures.
Navy Yard is very much a neighborhood. Your comments about Navy Yard are uninformed.
In addition to market-rate apartments and condos, these are within the boundary of the Navy Yard neighborhood:
- Van Ness Elementary School
- Eagle Academy Public Charter School
- Arthur Capper Recreation Center
- Public housing units
- Senior housing
- Workforce housing
- A military installation
- Multiple churches
Navy Yard consists of infants to elderly, lower middle class, upper middle class, community services, different languages, and different cultures (see my above list).
I got word that the State Data Center in DC's Office of Planning, which submits suggested changes on DC census tracts to the Census Bureau, has suggested to change Census Tract 72 exactly like the split that I featured on this post. I've been contemplating that it should be split this way since 2016 when I first made a map of the three zones.
At least one (there could be more) really high-density census tract is coming to DC soon. Although I'm thinking it'll likely be DC's densest census tract (or #2 dense at worst) in 2020, It'll take another 10 years (in time for the 2030 census) for density in this census tract to really explode (there is the potential for 135,000+ people per square mile in one of the three new tracts - not the other two though).
I also got word on the changes coming to Census Tract 106, which covers most of NoMa. I'll may make a separate thread with some analysis about it. Census Tract 106 will be split into three separate tracts as well. Because of the fact that NoMa's new census tracts cover a lot of land that is not yet developed or contains a lot of office space, the tracts in NoMa will not look as impressive as the new tract in Navy Yard.
Last edited by revitalizer; 09-11-2019 at 05:07 PM..
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Originally Posted by revitalizer
I got word that the State Data Center in DC's Office of Planning, which submits suggested changes on DC census tracts to the Census Bureau, has suggested to change Census Tract 72 exactly like the split that I featured on this post. I've been contemplating that it should be split this way since 2016 when I first made a map of the three zones.
At least one (there could be more) really high-density census tract is coming to DC soon. Although I'm thinking it'll likely be DC's densest census tract (or #2 dense at worst) in 2020, It'll take another 10 years (in time for the 2030 census) for density in this census tract to really explode (there is the potential for 135,000+ people per square mile in one of the three new tracts - not the other two though).
I also got word on the changes coming to Census Tract 106, which covers most of NoMa. I'll may make a separate thread with some analysis about it. Census Tract 106 will be split into three separate tracts as well. Because of the fact that NoMa's new census tracts cover a lot of land that is not yet developed or contains a lot of office space, the tracts in NoMa will not look as impressive as the new tract in Navy Yard.
People who still call Navy Yard boring and bland in 2019 are frankly just quoting the same old boring thing people said 6 years ago. The neighborhood has matured a lot on street level. My wife and I walked through a few days ago and were talking about how there are finally a lot of really interesting restaurants, stores etc. Compared to other parts of DC with nothing but high end restaurants, it has a decent mix of high end and low key, and lots of fast casual. My daughter played in the splash pad there all summer and the number and diversity of people out, playing in the water and walking around is also impressive.
All I'm saying is outside of stats and everything it really does finally feel like more of a neighborhood and that the density of unique restaurants and retail is getting there. Dismissing the area just because it's all new isn't incredibly insightful.
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People who still call Navy Yard boring and bland in 2019 are frankly just quoting the same old boring thing people said 6 years ago. The neighborhood has matured a lot on street level. My wife and I walked through a few days ago and were talking about how there are finally a lot of really interesting restaurants, stores etc. Compared to other parts of DC with nothing but high end restaurants, it has a decent mix of high end and low key, and lots of fast casual. My daughter played in the splash pad there all summer and the number and diversity of people out, playing in the water and walking around is also impressive.
All I'm saying is outside of stats and everything it really does finally feel like more of a neighborhood and that the density of unique restaurants and retail is getting there. Dismissing the area just because it's all new isn't incredibly insightful.
That's because majority of those people are just driving past, or coming up from the Metro station from a Nats game and walking to the ballpark then right back to the Metro. They are not either living in the area, or spending significant time over the course of months or years exploring the new changes in the neighborhood. It has been the most amazing neighborhood transformation DC has seen in 20 years period.
People who still call Navy Yard boring and bland in 2019 are frankly just quoting the same old boring thing people said 6 years ago. The neighborhood has matured a lot on street level. My wife and I walked through a few days ago and were talking about how there are finally a lot of really interesting restaurants, stores etc. Compared to other parts of DC with nothing but high end restaurants, it has a decent mix of high end and low key, and lots of fast casual. My daughter played in the splash pad there all summer and the number and diversity of people out, playing in the water and walking around is also impressive.
All I'm saying is outside of stats and everything it really does finally feel like more of a neighborhood and that the density of unique restaurants and retail is getting there. Dismissing the area just because it's all new isn't incredibly insightful.
I agree. The neighborhood is definitely maturing - with an abundance of diverse restaurant and store options.
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