Oh and the pastrami. My personal favorite to induce a food coma. Soooo good. BTW, they actually do a decent packaged dinner.

> Stachowski

its just a 10-12 min walk from dupont though. and in my opinion, the best on the list (though A littieri gives it a run for the money)

eh, its fine. but if you are near the jetties in NW, just go to stachowski's instead.

if you want real safety 20009 or 20016 (Wisconsin Ave and MacArthur Ave) corridors. nothing happens there. but then again, nothing happens there. 20008 could be nice, quick walk to things, but still very safe.

whats with the downvotes? pretty solid offering for those in NW.

I think red line could get down to 3 minute headways (i think they managed that for a couple months back in 2008....)

but we'll see if they can regain their former glory.

honestly a nice and well-structured post with clear questions that aren't easily answered by simple google searches.

yeah, Georgetown was hit by the pandemic, not by the structural shift in shopping patterns and stuff. It isn't directly on the metro, but it is pretty central and easy for both MoCo and NoVa folks to get to. Plus the eastern part of M st is easy to walk to from the metro.

just get a hotel airbnb for a few days. most decent companies will even cover the cost for you if you are moving to the area. (mine gave me 1 week of housing) You then spend an evening looking a places for a start day later in week. You usually look at 3-4 apts and then sleep on it. Then you pick the next morning and send the paperwork over. and then it is done and the lease starts (as soon as the next day or at the end of the week).

this is how is often works for class A apartments in navy yard, etc.

Oh I'm wasn't talking about just the facade. I'm taking about the full inside and outside. I agree if you just want the facade it is cheap. I mean mcmansions are also cheap.

hahahahhaahhahahahahaha. no it isn't. where do people come up with this stuff? man we need to seriously prevent out of towners from posting here.

https://www.mazzagallerie.com/

Mazza Gallerie 5300 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20015

Housing in upper NW have been increasing slower than upper NW wages (decent data goes back to 1960). All buildings on CT and WI aves aren't even keeping up with inflation these days.

they do. look at the 'new construction' in georgetown. keep in mind the price is 3x what navy yard construction costs.

labor intensive intricate masonry? oh man, try to find good workers and then price it out.

honestly? I don't think it matters (and academic studies back that up).

plus other buildings all up and down Wisconsin aren't particularly expensive, especially by DC standards. what matters is having customers within easy distance. once you get off wisconsin, density falls very quickly.

basically what happens is when new 'expensive' apartments come in, other apartments get a bit cheaper. if you live nearby, I can point you in the direction of decent and not too-expensive units in buildings on Mass, CT, NM, and Wisconsin ave.

live nearby, it isn't too bad if you are closer to wisconsin, but once you get away it kinda is a sleep suburb.

well the affordable homes in the paris suburbs look more like navy yard than kalorama. the ones that look nice are priced like kalorama...

well they come with a side dose of mustard gas...

i have a walking commute partially through georgetown. it is always pretty. even in the dog days of summer, since it has so much tree cover too.

fair about the minimal 25k sqft of retail. but there are no condos planned: https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-first-look-at-the-residential-transformation-for-dcs-mazza-gallerie-mall/19897

latter. the economics only work with so many market rate units. DC allows you to increase the building, but then you have to add a larger proportion of IZ (inclusive zoning) affordable units.

however this is subject to city and neighborhood approval. if you know anything about some of the neighbors, you know that may be near impossible and open you up to decades of litigation. basically, the residents are mostly lawyers themselves and can bankroll infinite amounts of lawyering.

nope. plans are for all apartments.

the CVS is closed now too.

it has been approved for 300+ apartments. minimal office space.

the raze permit was issued a while back. not really new news.

they are keeping lots of the old concrete mall, including some of the thick-ass brick walls. it looks to be a partial re-skinning.