Comments on just up the pike: showing off "the turf"

I was in Alaska earlier this week. When I told so...

2006-10-28T21:13:00.000-04:00

I was in Alaska earlier this week. When I told someone I was from Silver Spring, he said "that's the town near DC that likes it's artificial grass". I swear. It turns out that he saw something about it in the Post online.

I'm ambivalent about the building, but I'd like to...

2006-10-27T12:05:00.000-04:00

I'm ambivalent about the building, but I'd like to see turf (real or fake) instead of a paved plaza.

Why fix it if it isn't broken?

Hey, thanks for this nice post about the "Turf" (m...

2006-10-26T08:45:00.000-04:00

Hey, thanks for this nice post about the "Turf" (my friends and I prefer to call it the Sponge but whatever... ) I just stumbled onto your site from outside.in and I think its pretty nifty.
I think the design for the new Silver Spring that you link to isn't... well... bad. But I am disappointed that they didn't get a little more creative with it. I was kind of hoping for a skate park. Actually that's what I thought was meant to be built there. I don't skate but my brother does so that would have been really nice.
I don't know why they don't get more creative with it. I thought Silver Spring was supposed to be an arts center after all...