tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post5844649155846364296..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Silver Spring Park (aka Moda Vista) Moves ForwardKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-18500978768039523682010-11-11T09:17:32.886-05:002010-11-11T09:17:32.886-05:00Looks awesome. Just wish the socialist east silve...Looks awesome. Just wish the socialist east silver spring neighborhood association wasn't so annoying and needy. No wonder developers are so short with these people. They delay and complain about developments and yada yada yada. This place (and the previous one for that matter) will be great for the area. Just let the the developers develop!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-65588731829464891952010-11-10T16:40:29.398-05:002010-11-10T16:40:29.398-05:00I wouldn't worry about this building being in ...I wouldn't worry about this building being in the background for quite a while. Given the scale of the other existing developments in the surrounding few blocks, this project will dominate and be anything but background. There are several other large planned mixed use (mostly apt/condo)projects within a few blocks, plus the new library and (hopefully)Purple Line. All these things combined will make for a very animated streetscape and visually interesrting neighborhood...one in which "background" buildings like this can exist just fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-3823041519948233552010-11-10T07:48:53.520-05:002010-11-10T07:48:53.520-05:00Just what Silver Spring needs, a good background b...Just what Silver Spring needs, a good background building. Unfortunatley, they don't teach urban manners the way they do social manners, and every architect seems to want to be the "special" kid. Great cities are composed of 90% background buildings, and this one works very well. Humility is an undervalued quality amongst architects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-65120512371565166782010-11-09T18:00:04.205-05:002010-11-09T18:00:04.205-05:00Building itself isn't the best (though certain...Building itself isn't the best (though certainly not bad), but the plans for ground floor retail, the park, and street landscaping are all really great news. This block can definitely support and absorb the new retail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-32128523005131771262010-11-09T17:33:26.000-05:002010-11-09T17:33:26.000-05:00Architecture in this plan is pedestrian, at best, ...Architecture in this plan is pedestrian, at best, but larger projects and more unique architecture are all planned for this area. They can't all be groundbreakingly iconic.Critically Urbanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184976993311486195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-18436897128188440712010-11-09T15:11:17.885-05:002010-11-09T15:11:17.885-05:00Great news for an otherwise egregiously underutili...Great news for an otherwise egregiously underutilized lot (minus the awesome fenton street market which moved down the street to Veteran's Plaza). Community garden will also be constructed near the site - double win!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com