tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post1180853803146286719..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: downtown silver spring could get a big, new, temporary parkDan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-86696751401613157822016-07-31T14:02:36.806-04:002016-07-31T14:02:36.806-04:00In 1957 or 1958, aged 7 or 8, I watched the SS fir...In 1957 or 1958, aged 7 or 8, I watched the SS fire department burn down the ruins of the old Blair estate on the site, which was then wooded and a big hill off Colesville between 16th and East West Highway. It was an amazing sightS. Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968241385089808592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-81692009091037487752016-07-31T01:19:07.923-04:002016-07-31T01:19:07.923-04:00I remember when it was a wooded piece of land with...I remember when it was a wooded piece of land with just the old ruins of the Blair estate. And I watched as an 8-year old in 1958 when the fire department set it ablaze to make way for being developed. S. Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968241385089808592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-87415343788802341842016-07-07T12:59:10.382-04:002016-07-07T12:59:10.382-04:00This would be such a welcome addition to South Sil...This would be such a welcome addition to South Silver Spring, by far one of the least served neighborhood's in Montgomery County by the Parks Dept. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630806007154585984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-56468547818972624692016-07-06T12:38:30.820-04:002016-07-06T12:38:30.820-04:00In our household, the turf was The Green Grass.In our household, the turf was The Green Grass.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936939046883777382noreply@blogger.com