Comments on: Design Competition Launching for New Dunbar High School Building http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/11/20/design-competition-launching-for-new-dunbar-high-school-building/ D.C. Real Estate, Development, and Urbanism Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:44:25 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Douglas Willinger http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/11/20/design-competition-launching-for-new-dunbar-high-school-building/comment-page-1/#comment-31282 Douglas Willinger Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:11:04 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=11017#comment-31282 That's a pretty good description of our all too often unanimous without debate 'asonic dictatorship, like that which cancelled most of Alexandria's Washington Street Urban Deck. That's a pretty good description of our all too often unanimous without debate 'asonic dictatorship, like that which cancelled most of Alexandria's Washington Street Urban Deck.

]]> By: IMGoph http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/11/20/design-competition-launching-for-new-dunbar-high-school-building/comment-page-1/#comment-18326 IMGoph Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:46:51 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=11017#comment-18326 and what you call good ideas, <b>doug</b>, is wild, bizarro fantasy. i used the term "vote" in an off-hand, silly way. my apologies. next time, i will make sure not to use idioms or any other turn of phrase that might rile you up. and what you call good ideas, doug, is wild, bizarro fantasy.

i used the term "vote" in an off-hand, silly way. my apologies. next time, i will make sure not to use idioms or any other turn of phrase that might rile you up.

]]> By: Douglas Willinger http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/11/20/design-competition-launching-for-new-dunbar-high-school-building/comment-page-1/#comment-18319 Douglas Willinger Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:33:40 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=11017#comment-18319 Dude- what vote? How can there be a vote without consideration? Is your comprehension so bad that you do not see that I do not proposed reviving the 1971 design but rather something far better? http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-395-extension-superior-option.html Stop placing the wishes of the few over the needs of the many. What you call 'democratic is in fact machiavellian feudalism. Dude- what vote?

How can there be a vote without consideration?

Is your comprehension so bad that you do not see that I do not proposed reviving the 1971 design but rather something far better?

http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-395-extension-superior-option.html

Stop placing the wishes of the few over the needs of the many.

What you call 'democratic is in fact machiavellian feudalism.

]]> By: IMGoph http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/11/20/design-competition-launching-for-new-dunbar-high-school-building/comment-page-1/#comment-13809 IMGoph Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:09:24 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=11017#comment-13809 <b>doug</b>: you could really save some time and effort if you'd give up on the idea that you're going to get the freeway network of your dreams built in the city. not.going.to.happen. hate to be the bearer of bad news, but in a democratic society, your idea has been voted down. move along. doug: you could really save some time and effort if you'd give up on the idea that you're going to get the freeway network of your dreams built in the city. not.going.to.happen.

hate to be the bearer of bad news, but in a democratic society, your idea has been voted down. move along.

]]> By: Douglas Willinger http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/11/20/design-competition-launching-for-new-dunbar-high-school-building/comment-page-1/#comment-13775 Douglas Willinger Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:09:02 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=11017#comment-13775 Are they refurbishing this building or outright replacing it? The latter seems to be complete overkill, and hence a waste of money, though would likely block the one good escape route for the I-395 tunnel extension, and would be consistent with other efforts to chock Washington D.C.'s transportation corridors. http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-395-extension-superior-option.html http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2008/07/takoma-dc-tranport-chock-developer_4323.html http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2008/05/cuabrookland-transport-corridor-chock.html Are they refurbishing this building or outright replacing it?

The latter seems to be complete overkill, and hence a waste of money, though would likely block the one good escape route for the I-395 tunnel extension, and would be consistent with other efforts to chock Washington D.C.'s transportation corridors.

http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-395-extension-superior-option.html

http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2008/07/takoma-dc-tranport-chock-developer_4323.html

http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2008/05/cuabrookland-transport-corridor-chock.html

]]> By: Will Adrian Fenty Win in 2010?: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/11/20/design-competition-launching-for-new-dunbar-high-school-building/comment-page-1/#comment-11003 Will Adrian Fenty Win in 2010?: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:59:59 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=11017#comment-11003 [...] Design a new Dunbar! [...] [...] Design a new Dunbar! [...]

]]> By: niello8 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/11/20/design-competition-launching-for-new-dunbar-high-school-building/comment-page-1/#comment-10997 niello8 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:48:39 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=11017#comment-10997 Oh man this is happy news. not only is Dunbar horrifically ugly, its so badly constructed that chunks peel off every so often. Oh man this is happy news. not only is Dunbar horrifically ugly, its so badly constructed that chunks peel off every so often.

]]> By: IMGoph http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/11/20/design-competition-launching-for-new-dunbar-high-school-building/comment-page-1/#comment-10993 IMGoph Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:16:50 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=11017#comment-10993 maybe they could fit it into the grid, reopen some streets that were cut off by this monstrosity... maybe they could fit it into the grid, reopen some streets that were cut off by this monstrosity...

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