Archive for August, 2006

From An Apartment To a Condo To An Apartment Again

By Silver Springer • Aug 8th, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized

As if condos were the only thing left to be built on the planet or at least in Maryland, the condo conversion craze crept up Georgia Ave and hit one time apartment buildings. The former Springwood Apartments was quickly turned into the MICA condos almost over night, with the wave of a magic wand it’s [...]



End of Shark Week

By Silver Springer • Aug 6th, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized

On my way to the metro station, I thought I’d take my camera to snap a few more shots of the Discovery Shark, but to my surprise and disappointment it was gone. It’s a sad day in downtown, Sligo over at Silver Spring Singular isn’t taking it well. Here are more pics to end the [...]



Warren Brown of CakeLove in Silver Spring

By Silver Springer • Aug 6th, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized

Found some photos of Warren Brown making a demonstration at the Silver Spring Farmers Market. Warren Brown is the owner of CakeLove and has been featured on Oprah. He also hosts food network’s Sugar Rush. (Photos by Doug Clifton at Metroblogging Washington)



Rating the Projects: The Best and the Worst

By Silver Springer • Aug 6th, 2006 • Category: Rating the Projects: The Best and the Worst

Here are number seven best and worst on their respective lists, Disclaimer.

Developer: Goodman East-West I, LLC (Centex Homes, Inc)
Architect: Lessard Group
Property Address: 1200 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Project Specifications:
Gross Floor Area: 275,000 sq\ft
Site: Approx 1.40 acres
Dwelling Units: 247 residential dwelling units, 40 MPDUs
Retail: 10,600 sq\ft
Height: 142′Feet
Stories: 14
Parking Spaces: 220

Officially City Homes at 1200 East-West [...]



Teen Video Focuses on the Turf

By Silver Springer • Aug 3rd, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized

On Friday, August 4, at 7:30 PM, a group of Silver Spring teens will screen a video called “Finding Our Turf,” on the green in downtown Silver Spring. The video is the culmination of a four-week summer project in which fourteen local teens used microphones and video cameras to interview other young people who come [...]



Who the Hell is the Patriot Group?

By Silver Springer • Aug 3rd, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized

A friend looking for a condo in Silver Spring happens to get an offer for an MPDU at the new Crescent Condominiums on Wayne Avenue. For those that don’t know it is the Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit program for middle income residents who want to live in Montgomery County but can’t afford market rate homes. [...]



Rating the Projects: The Best and the Worst

By Silver Springer • Aug 2nd, 2006 • Category: Rating the Projects: The Best and the Worst

A little late but better than never (due to the good boys at Verizon), here are number eight best and worst on their respective lists, Disclaimer.

Developer: Ripley Street, LLC (KSI Services, Inc)
Architect: Wehie Design Group (WDG Architect)
Property Address: Ripley Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Project Specifications:
Gross Floor Area: 391,125 sq\ft
Site: Approx 1.79 acres
Dwelling Units: 317 residential [...]



Silver Spring Scene News Round Up

By Silver Springer • Aug 1st, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized

DCist Reviews Gallery Restaurant and Lounge
Gallery Restaurant and Lounge put some clubs in D.C. to shame. There is no mistaking that at the least it looks like a real night club. It fits right into the gritty industrial area of South Silver Spring (South Point) albeit for the cosmopolitan type. The club supplies a venue [...]



A Galaxy Distressed?

By Silver Springer • Aug 1st, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized

Things don’t look too good at the Galaxy. It looked slow the last time I was in the sales office for the planned Galaxy Condominiums on 13th street (I was actually the only one in there outside the sales agents). But recently a “Temporarily Closed” sign was hanged on the door. Now there is a [...]