Courtesy of Brian Hefele.
By Brian Hefele | Dec 20, 2009
By Brian Hefele | Nov 10, 2009
Illustration by Brian Hefele/SSP.
EDITORIAL — There’s been a debate regarding access to Silver Spring’s new library planned for Wayne Avenue and Fenton Street. Some want a pedestrian bridge to cross Wayne Avenue and connect the library with a nearby garage. Others argue that a sky bridge goes against contemporary urban design.
Silver Spring’s citizens advisory board reaffirmed their opposition to the bridge at its monthly meeting Monday night. Likewise, the county council voted in July not to change Silver Spring’s urban-renewal plan to permit the bridge’s construction. (more…)
By Brian Hefele | Jul 27, 2009
Illustration by Brian Hefele.
EDITORIAL — Many so-called solutions have been posed to the very real problem of how to cross Wayne Avenue to check out books from downtown Silver Spring’s new library.
Additionally, since the Purple Line has decided to drive through the middle of the building, we need to figure out how to defy gravity and get our late-DVD-toting selves into the library.
Only one solution knocks both problems out at once –- trebuchet. I’ll say it again: Trebuchet.
The Purple Line
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