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Moving toward affordable housing
Larry Martin | Wed, Dec 19th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: washington dc, larry martin, real estate, condominiums, affordable housing, penn quarter, potomac river flood, west end | 0
For about a decade now, an indicator of economic activity in DC has been the number of erection cranes you can count as you as you drive down into the Potomac River flood plain from upper Northwest. You can pretty much see all of the downtown and a good bit of the Southwest and Southeast too from the piedmont above downtown. I counted the largest number a couple years ago—28.
The City was building aggressively, with Gallery Place (about 5 blocks north of the National Mall) completing…
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