BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Silver Spring -- Silver Sprung development (bound: Colesville Rd., Fenton St., Wayne Ave., Georgia Ave.)

MD -- Silver Spring -- Silver Sprung development (bound: Colesville Rd., Fenton St., Wayne Ave., Georgia Ave.):

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1. SSPRUN_150611_02.JPG: No Smoking or Vaping Anywhere on this property By order of Montgomery County Code 24-9 Enforced by the Department of Health and Human Services
2. SSPRUN_151025_05.JPG: Silver Spring Shopping Center The 1938 Silver Theatre and Silver Spring Shopping Center complex is a landmark of early 20th-century commercial architecture. It profoundly affected the development of suburban Silver Spring as well as helped shape the growth of the region. It also stands as an early example of a trend that would change the way in which Americans experience entertainment and shopping. Eight years prior to opening of the theater and center, the first modern "shopping center" that combined a parking lot fronting a street with a planned mix of commercial tenants was opened on Connecticut Avenue in Washington's Cleveland Park. Known as the "Park-and-Shop," it was a spectacular success, inspiring the construction of a number of similar neighborhood shopping centers throughout the region. In 1936, local realtors C.H. Hillegeist, Albert Small, and S.E. Godden optioned land on the corner of Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road for a new theater and shopping center. The following year, William Alexander Julian, a wealthy manufacturer and Treasurer of the United States, developed the site. Julian recruited his close friend, John Eberson of New York, to design the complex. Eberson, known as the "Dean of American Theater Architects," designed over 40 movie theaters during his life as well as numerous other buildings. Born in Romania, he studied architecture in Vienna, Austria, before moving to the United States. This is one of only a few theaters he designed to be associated with a shopping center. Construction began in March 1938 and was completed by September. For the formal opening on October 27, The Washington Post ran a special section that touted the shopping center as Designed to Serve Needs of 50,000," as well as its planning for the future of Washington's urbanization. The event was attended by 6,000 people, including Washington Senators' baseball legend Walter Johnson who remarked that the scene "reminds me of Broadway." However, by the 1970s downtown Silver Spring began to fall behind as new shopping and entertainment areas were created further out. The battle to preserve the Silver Theatre and Silver Spring Shopping Center complex was launched by the Art Deco Society of Washington in 1984. The Society was supported by Allied Civic Group, Montgomery Civic Federation, Silver Spring Historical Society, and many local neighborhood and civic organizations. A decade later, the Montgomery County Council voted unanimously to add the Silver Theatre-Silver Spring Shopping Center to the county's historic preservation master plan. In 1996, Montgomery County acquired the theater and shopping center. In April 1998, PFA Silver Spring LLC agreed to redevelop the Silver Spring Shopping Center as part of extensive new development that included a multiplex cinema, shops, offices, and a hotel. As part of the preservation effort, the county entered into an agreement with the Maryland Historical Trust to protect the facade of the shopping center. The Silver Spring Shopping Center re-opened in May 2004. Silver Spring's new downtown center reflects a strong public/private effol1 to preserve the past as a gift to the future, by once again setting the trend in how Americans experience entertainment and shopping.
3. SSPRUN_151025_15.JPG: Wright's Jewelry, Silver Spring Shopping Center, 1954
4. SSPRUN_151025_18.JPG: Silver Spring Shopping Center, circa 1940
5. SSPRUN_151025_25.JPG: Panoramic View of Silver Spring Shopping Center, 1938
6. SSPRUN_151025_31.JPG: Keep to Right Washington --> 16th Street
7. SSPRUN_151025_34.JPG: Exterior Construction, Silver Spring Shopping Center, 1938
8. SSPRUN_151025_41.JPG: Postcard, Silver Spring Shopping Center, 1946
9. SSPRUN_151025_47.JPG: The Silver Theatre Just around the corner, on Colesville Road, is the American Film Institute (AFI) Silver Theatre and Cultural Center -- an architectural treasure and state-of-the-art movie theater saved from the wrecker's ball by the citizens of Silver Spring and Montgomery County. Architect John Eberson's Art Moderne masterpiece has been beautifully restored to its 1938 splendor, and is now part of a three-theater complex designed to fulfill AFI's mission of advancing and preserving the art of the moving image. Quite literally the world's most advanced film and video exhibition center, the AFI Silver offers a full range of entertainment and educational activities. Actor and director Clint Eastwood opened the new theater in April 2003, inaugurating its rich mix of new releases, classic movies, festivals, documentaries, films from around the world, and live presentations featuring filmmakers, authors, and other leading artists and celebrities. John Eberson, known as the "Dean of American Theater Architects," designed over 40 movie theaters during his life. Born in Romania, he studied architecture in Vienna, Austria, before moving to the United States. While his early theaters were reminiscent of European opera houses, his later work was typically Art Deco or Art Moderne, which he employed in the Silver Theatre and its companion structure, the Silver Spring Shopping Center. In the theater, Eberson combined elements of both the Art Deco and atmospheric theater design movements to create the Silver's nautically inspired ocean liner motifs. This amazing rehabilitation brings back to life Eberson's vision, including the theater's exterior vertical "mast" (or, perhaps, "prow" breaking the waves), rear "smoke stack" brickwork, side "portholes," and, inside, wave-patterned carpeting and wall fabric, and hand-painted murals featuring tropical birds and aquatic plants. Construction of the theater and shopping center began in March 1938 and was completed in six months. The Silver Theatre soon became an integral and treasured part of the region's collective cultural experience. By the 1970s, however, downtown Silver Spring began to fall behind, as new shopping areas were created farther out with the expansion of metropolitan Washington. In 1984, the battle to preserve the Silver Theatre and Silver Spring Shopping Center was launched by the Art Deco Society of Washington with the support of many neighborhood and civic organizations. After a nearly 50-year run, the original Silver Theatre closed its doors in 1985. A decade later, community commitment to saving the theater and shopping center resulted in their inclusion in Montgomery COunty's historic preservation master plan. In 1996, Montgomery County acquired the theater and shopping center. Two years later the county selected the American Film Institute to operate the theater as well as help design the state-of-the-art facility. As part of the preservation effort, the county entered into an agreement with the Maryland Historic trust to protect the facade and interior of the theater. The historic Silver Theatre reopened in April 2003. It is waiting for you with an internationally recognized program of film and video offerings -- and it's just around the corner. Silver Spring's new downtown center reflects a strong public/private effort to preserve the past as a gift to the future, by once again setting the trend in how Americans experience entertainment and shopping.
10. SSPRUN_151025_55.JPG: Exterior, Silver Theatre, 1938
11. SSPRUN_151025_59.JPG: Auditorium, Silver Theatre, 1938
12. SSPRUN_151025_63.JPG: Lobby, Silver Theater, 1938
13. SSPRUN_151025_67.JPG: Exterior, Silver Theatre, 1938
14. SSPRUN_151025_77.JPG: Lobby, Silver Theatre, 1938
15. SSPRUN_151025_81.JPG: Auditorium, Silver Theatre, 1938
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