Comments on: Planning board picks design for new HQ

By: The Silver Spring Penguin | News, Views, Stuff » » No deals sealed at Silver Place, planning commish writes

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:53:25 +0000

[...] project — dubbed Silver Place — would drop housing, retailers and possibly office space on the site now occupied by the [...]

By: The Silver Spring Penguin | News, Views, Stuff » » Planning HQ, neighbors feel growing pains

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:46:41 +0000

[...] the meeting, Riley told The Penguin he understood why residents were frustrated. Conceptual renderings of the project had not been redrawn, giving residents the impression that their earlier suggestions [...]

By: The Silver Spring Penguin | News, Views, Stuff » » The Early Bird

The Silver Spring Penguin | News, Views, Stuff » » The Early Bird — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:18:03 +0000

[...] Woodside Park residents get the full scoop on Silver Place, a mixed-use project proposed for the corner of Georgia Avenue and Spring Street. The meeting drops [...]

By: The Silver Spring Penguin | News, Views, Stuff » » The Early Bird

The Silver Spring Penguin | News, Views, Stuff » » The Early Bird — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:18:19 +0000

[...] The planning board chews the fat on Silver Place, a mixed-use project adjacent to Fairview Road Park. The discussion begins at 1:00 p.m. at [...]

By: Silver Spring Scene » Silver Spring Scene News Round Up

Silver Spring Scene » Silver Spring Scene News Round Up — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:54:00 +0000

[...] Silver Spring Scene will be watching this closely as it progresses. Silver Spring Penguin notes, “the design was chosen for its architectural design, land use, layout of retail space and [...]

By: Joseph Boggi

Joseph Boggi — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:02:55 +0000

We are getting a group together to make sure that the needs of the community are met. Send me an email if you are interested. Editor's note: Please send responses directly to Joseph Boggi.

By: Moe

Moe — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:56:55 +0000

I have to strongly agree with the comment that the P & P building is ugly. You can do much better than that.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:25:08 +0000

You can find a few more illustrations of the planning board's new headquarters at this website. The depiction of the plaza (above) was photographed at a planning board meeting last October, when three developers pitched for the project. What you see here is what they offered there and then. BTW, you can click on the thumbnails to enlarge the images a little. Thanks again for all your comments!

By: Joseph Boggi

Joseph Boggi — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:38:45 +0000

Based on the rather outrageous density of the EDGE project, the space “reserved,” for a speculative office building should be left as green space.

By: Joseph Boggi

Joseph Boggi — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:36:09 +0000

I have several questions, and a pending email to Mike Reilly the project manager.

1. How high do you plan to build on Spring street facing Woodside Park? In my view, the structures facing Woodside park should not be very high at all.
2. Is there green space in this development?
The picture starts to explain that, but it is too small to judge
3. What can be done to keep folks from cutting through Woodside Park to get to the Silver Place?
This remains a really big question.
4. Are you planning on keeping the median strip on Spring Street. I hope so. To that end, when are you going to replant the median, the oaks there are all dying?
Cutting into the median would lead to a big fight, in my opinion.
5. I would like to see the next set of drawings when you release them. Are other drawings available now? Is a model available?

I sent these five questions to Mike Reilly. He is the project manager. The comments afterwards were just added.

Joe
1207 Ballard Street
Silver Spring Maryland