The Purple line has become the hotbed issue in the political arena. Candidates tout it as the number one contested issue in this area, but Maryland’s secretary of business and economic development, Aris Melissaratos has a higher priority on his list. According to a WTOP article, Melissaratos thinks that the Green line extension to BWI [...]
Read Express, a publication of the Washington Post features the Silver Spring Scene’s report on the Silver Spring Transit Center and throws in their two cents on the subject although there are no office towers like the report implies. Read the full report here.
Are the Martial Arts Worth Saving Too?
It’s fascinating how many martial arts academies are concentrated within a square mile of downtown Silver Spring. I believe there are more than four. Not even your commercial run of the mill academies but instead they are headed by renowned Black Belts rated top ten in entire United States. [...]
Out of all the developments not yet completed, this is the largest and most important project in terms of whatever you can imagine, from federal/tax payer funding to social and economic impact. It will set the bar for the rest of the D.C. area from Bethesda to Arlington, all on the most valuable piece of [...]
Canada Dry Sign Up
JBG finally found the time to put up the Canada Dry sign over the main entrance of the Silverton Condos. They will glow red at night once wired. For those who don’t know, the site was the former Canada Dry bottling plant that was put on the historic register, only the main [...]
A n n o u n c i n g
a NEW Jefferson Cafe(R) Discussion
at Gateway’s Heliport Gallery on Kennett St. in Silver Spring
sponsored by the Paul Peck Institute for American Culture and Civic Engagement at Montgomery College and Gateway Georgia Avenue Revitalization Corporation and Montgomery County
Here are the details:
Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Time: 6:30 [...]
Downtown Silver Spring achieved an office vacancy of around 4.2 while North Silver Spring/Rt. 29 inched lower to 2.5% according to CB Richard Ellis. A high demand for Class A office space in the eastern part of the county has sparked absorption in a part of the county with a very low supply of [...]
According to an inside source the planned Falkland Chase redevelopment will be the biggest project ever in Silver Spring. Totaling 1,050 apartment units in a group of highrises. There will be a lot of retail outside the assumed grocery store tenant that just so happens to be Harris Teeter. The project clears the old Falkland [...]
Here are number six best and worst on their respective lists, Disclaimer.
Developer: Easter Seals Society for Disabled Children and Adults, Inc
Architect: Weihe Design Group (WDG Architects)
Property Address: Spring Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Project Specifications:
Gross Floor Area: 41,400 sq\ft
Site: Approx .65 acres
Height: 51′Feet
Stories: 3
Parking Spaces: 90
The facility will be officially called the Easter Sealsâ„Harry and Jeanette [...]
The Ultimate Place To Chill
Talking about the turf of course. Who ever didn’t come out last Friday missed a great video and discussion on how the turf has morph into something that has a life of its own. Some people in high positions insist on the ice skating rink that no one wants. I always [...]
