Choices For Silver Spring; A Vote on Growth & Some Student Advice

The Washington Post;  October 31, 1987 ;     700+ words ......started writing columns about downtown Silver Spring, the phalanx of the future was just...time, I figured, to save the heart of Silver Spring and to get these building blocks in...will adopt a growth policy for central Silver Spring on Tuesday. The vote will concern the...

Better Retail Will Make A Better Silver Spring

The Washington Post;  October 29, 1987 ;     423 words ...As a business owner and employer in Silver Spring since 1968, I watched anxiously the...I had to decide whether to stay in Silver Spring or to move to a more "prestigious...promised by Montgomery County's 1975 Silver Spring Sector Plan, my wife and I and another...

Silver Spring's Revival: How to Keep the Ball Rolling

The Washington Post;  May 4, 1997 ;     665 words ...The economic prospects for downtown Silver Spring, long a focus of concern in Montgomery...increase employment at their existing Silver Spring locations, and a retail shopping center...Bakery and other shops next to the Silver Spring Metro. The state and the county also...

Silver Spring: Building It Up . . .

The Washington Post;  September 10, 1987 ;     259 words ......Executive Sidney Kramer talks about Silver Spring as if it were a run-down slum. JoAnn...already say that the 13,500 would make Silver Spring the lucky recipient of the worst traffic...county. The Master Plan Review for Silver Spring comes up next June. Why not wait and...

Harvard Homework: Renewal of Silver Spring

The Washington Post;  April 16, 1987 ;     700+ words ......spending this semester studying the renewal of Silver Spring, the assignment is academic. Working in...close look only at Hollywood, Calif., and Silver Spring. They settled on Silver Spring because it is "hot in all senses of the...

Our Town; Silver Spring's `rejuvenation' just may mean its elimination.

The Washington Post;  June 14, 1987 ;     700+ words ......developers have big plans for little Silver Spring. They are going to take the...will supposedly "rejuvenate" Silver Spring. The problem is this: the office...will not really "rejuvenate" Silver Spring at all. They will erase Silver...

Silver Spring Needs a Face Lift

The Washington Post;  August 28, 1995 ;     262 words ......native Washingtonian now living in Silver Spring for the past 35-years, I fail to see...letters, Aug. 20}. The center of Silver Spring at the intersection of Georgia Avenue...upper Montgomery County. Not even the Silver Spring Metro stop, new buildings and apartments...

AN EYE ON THE ELECTIONS; Silver Spring Voters Show Their Pride

The Washington Post;  August 11, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Silver Spring, the urban center that once was the...of defensiveness among new and old Silver Spring residents, based on interviews with...to deal with the complex issues of a Silver Spring. Too often, the residents said, the...

New Hope Has Sprung Downtown; The County Celebrates Renewed Silver Spring

The Washington Post;  May 20, 2004 ;     648 words ......a long way in revitalizing downtown Silver Spring. To highlight their success, they want...to get people to put the "u" in Silver Spring. Get it? It may be a labored gimmick...stoop to promote the new-and-improved Silver Spring. "It's a goofy line, but I'll say it...

Silver Spring's Dilemma: Mall or Marquee?

The Washington Post;  August 23, 1990 ;     480 words ...Mary Caroline Coletti's attack on Silver Spring's historic art deco buildings {Letters...group to turn the serious issues of Silver Spring's revitalization into an inappropriate war of taste. Silver Spring's historic centerpiece, the 1938...

Another Hurdle For Silver Spring; Shooting May Hurt Revival Effort

The Washington Post;  August 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ......are helping create the new downtown Silver Spring. But at that corner earlier this week...different sort brought an ugly reminder of Silver Spring's past. There, a Montgomery County...county's efforts to revive downtown Silver Spring and recast its image. "My worry is...

A Big Boost for Small Businesses; County Plan Aimed At Silver Spring

The Washington Post;  May 6, 2004 ;     540 words ......minority-owned businesses remain in a Silver Spring area that has become increasingly upscale...is the latest attempt to make sure Silver Spring's revitalization doesn't come at the...smaller businesses, many of which saw Silver Spring through tough economic times. "Small...

Still Awaiting the Renaissance;Silver Spring Teeters on Brink of Progress

The Washington Post;  November 24, 1989 ;     700+ words ...Crib n' Cradle has moved its Silver Spring store to Rockville, and Esquire Clothes...of Colesville Road. This is downtown Silver Spring in limbo, a melancholy time between...the Metro station, helping to reduce Silver Spring's new office vacancy rate from 30 to...

Silver Spring Grappling With the Need for Change; Residents Divided Over...

The Washington Post;  November 26, 1988 ;     700+ words ...Silver Spring, an aging suburb that some hope can...situation is grim. More than a quarter of Silver Spring's existing office space is empty, giving...recently-those perceived as forerunners of a Silver Spring renaissance-are more than half empty...

Symbol Of City's Growth; Silver Spring Unveils New Logo

The Washington Post;  August 19, 1999 ;     534 words ......organizations are bringing downtown Silver Spring to life, say business and government...cultural growth that is being promoted in Silver Spring's long moribund downtown. "I like the...leaders gathered in the office of the Silver Spring Urban District on Georgia Avenue to...