In 1992 City Place Mall opened its doors to waiting patrons and news cameras. A new space integrated with the old Hecht?s building, it featured one of the strongest art deco facades in Silver Spring and defining architecture from the late 80s ? early 90s.

There’s some blogging on the Washington Post by Marc Fisher saying that County Executive Leggett wants a speedy pass on the on the Falkland Chase issue, in support of the development.
In other news,
Bethesda next for Wi-Fi
As if they couldn’t afford it, Bethesda is getting Free Wi-Fi three years after it was first implemented [...]

When Borders book store first opened it was nice place to go, meet up with friends and be able to pick from a diverse selection, now you can find about as much to purchase on dressing up a book as finding a book to read. But it’s not enough to keep Silver Springers away.

It’s the age-old question; should Silver Spring become an incorporated city, town, or whatever? One with a mayor and its own local government? The bigger question is what would be the point? Furthermore would it have a negative or positive impact on Silver Spring?

To all those calling Ellsworth drive in the Downtown Silver Spring Project “Disney land” you’ll be pleasantly surprised when you see Bethesda Lane. Let me start off by saying that in my opinion I think Bethesda Lane looks great, above average architectural detail for this area and lacking any blank walls. But one could argue [...]

2nd Annual South Silver Spring Block Party coming soon

The South Silver Spring Neighborhood Association’s 2nd Annual Block Party will be held on Sunday, June 8th from 11am-5pm. The event will showcase the best of our community with festivities of interest for all ages and families including:

Over 15 live music acts
80 arts and crafts vendors
Children’s activities [...]

Just how silly can it get?

Retail, Hotel and Market Commons
Total amount of retail would range between 200,000 and 250,000 square feet with up to three anchors. The current retail center including the Giant would be replaced because of the inefficient use of space. Retail would be at the ground floor of high-rises flanking East-West Highway with [...]

That’s what I’m sure out of staters are thinking when they cross the Maryland/D.C. line into Silver Spring. The fact is that they can’t tell and who can blame them? To the untrained eye they’re still in some neighborhood in D.C. And why would one be so confused you ask? Well for one there are [...]