tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post4487636114694198711..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: whither walter reed?Dan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-13167089557943523552010-09-30T12:51:30.429-04:002010-09-30T12:51:30.429-04:00Walter Reed is a VERY easy walk from downtown Tako...Walter Reed is a VERY easy walk from downtown Takoma and the Takoma metro. Much closer than downtown SS. Feel bad for those eateries on Georgia Ave like Ledo's Pizza that wilreally suffer after WR moves.<br /> Also the army runs shuttles from WR to downtown Silver Spring and sends blue-ish school buses up Georgia Ave to the Forest Glen annex and the extra army housing they have in Wheaton. Wondering if all that will shift when the WR moves?<br /><br />Speaking of museums - whatever happened to that fire safety museum promised as part of the new SS Fire Station #1 - what is taking its place on the 2nd floor? can the community rent/use that empty space?WashingtonGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950523974356540767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-1103800436431321062010-09-28T12:38:39.581-04:002010-09-28T12:38:39.581-04:00Employees at Walter Reed also live in Silver Sprin...Employees at Walter Reed also live in Silver Spring. I know several who rent at Summit Hills. <br /><br />When I was a little kid in southern PG, Walter Reed was legendary for being home to the Gross Museum aka the Army Pathology Museum. Anyone who got to go came back with wild tales that of course got embroidered over time. By the time my sister and I convinced Dad to take us, we had heard that live people with various bizarre conditions sat there and talked with visitors. We learned, of course, that that wasn't true. Facinating place, even for a kid. I think Dad got squeamish before we did.Terry in Silver Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14327980975408524384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-67864713409953757302010-09-28T11:30:52.082-04:002010-09-28T11:30:52.082-04:00The museum thread is something that is worth explo...The museum thread is something that is worth exploring a little more. Downtown Silver Spring has a lot of cultural and historical space, some of it is being interpreted for the public.<br /> <br />Notable examples are the displays in the AFI Silver Theater and in the shopping center space linking Georgia and the Ellsworth plaza. The new Civic Building has a small gallery with contemporary arts displayed, yet there is no sense of history conveyed in this space.<br /><br />Besides the idiosyncratic Meditation Museum, there really isn't any formal museum space in downtown Silver Spring. It seems to me that as Silver Spring continues to redefine itself, a museum would be a wonderful amenity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-57559034355254300372010-09-27T11:11:03.513-04:002010-09-27T11:11:03.513-04:00I really don't know much about this specific i...I really don't know much about this specific issue, but there are currently quite a few people driving to the large parking lot on this site every day to work (see the satellite view on Google maps). I'd be shocked if the total number of drivers to this site goes up when an active work place becomes a museum.<br /><br />The site is also near both the future Purple line stop and the RideOn Bus lot where dozens of empty buses travel each day. It's in the fork between the Purple line and the CSX line and also next to a row of construction related business (and what will be the purple line maintenance facility) so this isn't exactly a quiet neighborhood street.<br /><br />I'd love such a museum right next to the Silver Spring metro stop, but where's the space? This isn't that far away. From a D.C. tourist perspective, will anyone plan to go to Silver Spring to see this museum and be unwilling to travel an extra 2 miles?<br />I agree this isn't ideal, but the land is ideal and I haven't heard better ideas.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401985393259835244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-4068057666115191222010-09-27T10:38:10.747-04:002010-09-27T10:38:10.747-04:00Funny that you would mention the museum -- since w...Funny that you would mention the museum -- since writing the post for the MoCo Citizens League blog, I have heard from a couple of folks who are unhappy that the museum is going to be at the army annex near Forest Glen, tucked back in the neighborhood near the Seminary. They say the museum will bring tons of traffic, and correctly note that there are few services or amenities in the immediate area (such as restaurants). I think they are right to argue that the museum should have been relocated to downtown SS, but the Army apparently was unwilling to do that.Casey Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257605906533365614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-6907598816316224842010-09-27T10:06:14.794-04:002010-09-27T10:06:14.794-04:00It's still more likely that visitors of patien...It's still more likely that visitors of patients will find more affordable places to stay in Silver Spring than Bethesda.<br /><br />In addition, according to wikipedia, the Walter Reed Annex, which is actually in Silver Spring, is slated to become the National Museum of Health and Medicine <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Glen_Annex<br /><br />If that museum has a bit more space and is no longer located in a secure facility with restricted access, it could become another destination to attract people to the area.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401985393259835244noreply@blogger.com