Comments on: County considers naming downtown civic building

By: Sligo

Sligo — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:43:16 +0000

There has been no Postmaster General named Hewitt. The high school is already named after a Postmaster General, anyway.

By: Springvale Roader

Springvale Roader — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:49:14 +0000

Blech. If they’re looking for a person’s name to slap on that ugly bunch of boxes, I say we call it, “The Edsel.”

By: Seant

Seant — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:20:14 +0000

The Goldie Hahn Ben Stein Downcounty Center

By: Jennifer Deseo

Jennifer Deseo — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:08:09 +0000

Hey Jerry, someone at the citizens advisory board meeting said the armory was named after postmaster general Hewitt, and that maybe the new civic building should bear that name.

Do you have any info on Hewitt?

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:00:24 +0000

How about naming it after what it is supposed to replace, the Silver Spring Armory? It certainly looks more like a fortification than the original 1927 structure ever did.

By: SoCo

SoCo — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:03:04 +0000

I’m with WPB and buzz.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:53:17 +0000

Agreed, naming buildings after people is lame.

How about, The Used-To-Be-Turf Pavilion? Let the Turf live on forever in our memories!

By: buzz

buzz — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:16:39 +0000

.. and the library should be called “Silver Spring Library” The post office should be called “Silver Spring Post Office, the transit center should be “Silver Spring” — leave Mr Sarbanes out of it thank you. As for National Airport …

By: Woodside Park Bob

Woodside Park Bob — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:20:58 +0000

Naming government buildings after people — unless long dead — is a bad idea.

How about simply naming it the Silver Spring Montgomery County Office Building.

By: wombat

wombat — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:01:22 +0000

Should we start a pool to bet on how many meetings this decision will take?