The View From 1983:
A significant change from the location proposed in 1968 was adopted in 1978. Based on community opposition, the proposed station was shifted from the deteriorated commercial core of Anacostia once slated for urban renewal to an undeveloped freeway site near the shore of the Anacostia River.
Plans governing the new site have been modified more to accommodate the transit station than to foster development related to transit. Greatly due to uncertainties regarding the likelihood of the station's construction, as well as to a poor market, development has neither occurred nor is likely soon.
ADDITIONAL CASE STUDIES:
District of Columbia. Anacostia, Farragut North + Farragut West, Gallery Place + Metro Center, Navy Yard, Rhode Island Avenue, Takoma.
Maryland. Addison Road, Friendship Heights, New Carrollton, Rockville, Silver Spring.
Virginia. Ballston + Court House + Rosslyn, King Street, Huntington.
EXCERPTED FROM:
These observations were compiled in 1983 by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, a group of 300 area-politicians that currently self-identifies as “the hub for regional partnership.” Within the context of 1980’s Metro history, transit author Zachary Schrag has described the group as essentially “a forum for intergovernmental discussions,” without direct impact on policy.
Read the full text below. “Metrorail Station Area Planning, A Metrorail Before-and-After Study Report,” by Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. August, 1983
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