tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post4158474631692638067..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Silver Spring Church Goes ResidentialKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-71815725423828995242010-02-03T14:54:28.147-05:002010-02-03T14:54:28.147-05:00good looking plan, great site. should be embraced...good looking plan, great site. should be embraced by the community but they will likely hate it. <br /><br />tough to compare a large scale multi famnily project to a colonial house but nice try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-29315904990375653142010-02-03T14:44:57.316-05:002010-02-03T14:44:57.316-05:00The 1956 Art Deco and International Style Church w...The 1956 Art Deco and International Style Church with its 40-foot steel spire, by award-winning, leading East Coast architect, Silver Spring resident, and 7th Day Adventist, Ronald S. Senseman, FAIA,(1912-2001) is a robust vibrant landmark structure on Silver Spring's landscape. Along with its original 1924 "parent" Colonial Revival Church with elegant cupola standing to its left, both provide a calming influence in an exceedingly hectic Silver Spring.<br /><br />Senseman's 1956 Church Sanctuary with its rich stained glass windows and lively acoustics is a delight to experience. Among Senseman's myriad works are Montgomery County Md.'s County Council Office Building with its Art Deco elements and materials,<br />and the Gothic Takoma Park Adventist Church on Carroll Avenue at Willow, in the center of town.<br /><br />These 2 Church buildings represent a continuum of Silver Spring's story, providing an elegant, <br />tranquil Portal into Fenton Village, or into Silver Spring's <br />already redeveloped "core."<br /><br />Remember also the 16th Century proverb, "Waste Not, Want Not."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-28076056673107957862010-02-03T12:13:09.090-05:002010-02-03T12:13:09.090-05:00"Glass never ages." Right, everyone love..."Glass never ages." Right, everyone loves to tour Europe to see all of those amazing glass cathedrals and chateaux. <br />Classic glass structures like the Seagram building, or the Edith Farnsworth house are 1 in a 1,000,000. Most are ugly dated piles like our very own MLK Library.<br />There is a reason why people still want a brick "colonial" house: it's warm, and scaled to humans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-22934524935259922242010-02-02T16:01:27.915-05:002010-02-02T16:01:27.915-05:00Glass never ages, it just gets dirty. Then there&...Glass never ages, it just gets dirty. Then there's the glare problem. Then there's the heat gain. Then there's the fact that no-one actually likes living in a fish bowl, so the curtains become the defacto curtain wall. That being said, variety of life, and the design isn't all that bad, just a little non-descript.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-75052816152038245952010-02-02T15:52:01.089-05:002010-02-02T15:52:01.089-05:00Glass never ages, as long as its clear and not col...Glass never ages, as long as its clear and not colored. Since clear glass is the standard these days and we seem to have moved past our experimentation phase, this building will age quite well. Brick and clear glass is ageless.Critically Urbanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184976993311486195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-30388979448149351642010-02-02T15:31:06.814-05:002010-02-02T15:31:06.814-05:00Classic good urbanism. I hope the community works...Classic good urbanism. I hope the community works with the developer rather than against. I just hope the final building is more like the Ellington as they say and not another Shalome Baranes glass piece of junk as the rendering leans towards. We need warmer buildings that will age well over time, not more modernist fashion victims that will be dated in a couple of years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com