It has come to my attention that resident’s of Falkland Chase, the historic apartment community in downtown Silver Spring, have received notices as of last Wednesday from property management stating that the northern section of the housing complex, along East-west highway is set for demolition. “High-rise apartment buildings with related facilities.” including a “major [...]
I love Galaxy Billiards Cafe, frequent it often and will continue to do so, it is one of the few great entertainment assets in Silver Spring but how did they get themselves into this predicament, is it even an alcohol violation? Apparently they were fined a $1,000 by the county for a “Sexually explicit/nude [...]
Rumor has it (well not really a rumor) that a large tenant that could change the course of City Place Mall is in the works. Management is in negotiations with a national retailer involving housewares.
The Importance of the Built Environment
As written previously, the Silver Spring Scene, through a series of posts, will start rating projects coming to downtown Silver Spring. Buildings and their surrounding landscape have the ability to educate, inspire and create positive additions to our cityscape and civic life. They also have the ability to dampen our [...]
Bling Bling Silver Spring
According to the “Urban” Dictionary…
1. bling bling silver spring
slang term for the city silver spring in maryland.
Urban Dictionary
Reminiscing Recessionary Times
Candidates for County Executive try to appease slow growth advocates in the coming election. Slow growth advocates (whatever that means) seem to forget a year called 1994 and the period between the late [...]
What’s going on in Silver Spring? It’s been Pirate and Shark jacked! The talk around town is Shark Week at Discovery Channel and a new independent restaurant.
Piratz Tavern will open soon on the west side of Georgia Ave (this goes out to all the Nay-Sayers that said independents in Silver Spring aren’t coming back). [...]
Our regular Transportation Committee meeting will be on Wed. 7/26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Silver Spring Regional Service Center. Given several new transportation and pedestrian emphasis, I invite you to attend.
For those of you who want to learn more about the Purple Line, we will begin with a
Walking tour of the East Silver [...]
County Executive Douglas M. Duncan
Fire Chief Thomas W. Carr, Jr.
and Montgomery County Council Members
Cordially invite you to the Grand Opening Ceremony for Silver Spring – Fire Station #1 At the new location,
8110 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Open House starts @ 1:00 PM and Ceremony starts @ 2:30 PM. Tour of the police [...]
Action Committee for Transit (ACT) Monthly Meeting Tuesday July 11,
7:30 pm.
This is our 20th Anniversary. Cake will be served in the picnic area
near the building starting at 7:15. When all have had their fill we
will go inside for a panel discussion on “Current and future
petroleum supply problems and implications for transit.”
Location:
Silver Spring [...]
Montgomery County government is reporting a 19 percent increase in restaurant revenue since the smoking ban was put into effect in October 2003. Revenues rose from $62.1 million to $68.8 million, up from the $57.7 million directly after the ban. Opponents of the ban argue that 100 percent of the restaurants should not be counted [...]
