more progress on civic building

One month after the ice rink outside the new Silver Spring Civic Building was formed, we're seeing even more signs of progress. The supports for the super-modern, glowing canopy that'll go over the rink are already in place. Also, you can see the wood paneling creeping across the first floor of the building itself. There's actually more of it than shown in the original renderings, which is a welcome change.

The building under construction.

The original rendering.

While I wasn't initially a fan of the new Civic Building's design (I believe "piece of Modernist crap" was the word I used back in '06), I think the wood adds much-needed warmth to what'll hopefully become a new public hearth for Silver Spring.

That "Your Name Here" is a reminder to all y'all readers out there who might have a potential namesake (or potential corporate sponsor, har har) for the Silver Spring Civic Building. Now that the Rockville Library's been handed over to our veterans, Doug Duncan's name is up for grabs, but my vote remains for the Dave Chappelle Civic Building.