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Article: Silver Spring Development Limits Lifted; Vote to Make Over Area Traffic, Skyline
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- The Washington Post
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- November 4, 1987
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The Montgomery County Council voted yesterday to lift
longstanding development limits on Silver Spring, opening the way for
construction of a major regional shopping mall and office and
residential projects that will alter the skyline and traffic flow of
the redeveloping downtown.
The strongly debated 4-to-3 vote by the council will add
substantially to the commercial growth that has already made Silver
Spring a hub for office construction in the eastern county.
Also, the move is expected to influence strongly the future of
neighborhoods and business districts in the area.
Civic groups have predicted that markedly increased development
will choke downtown Silver Spring and surrounding ...