Evening star., 1944-12-05

Town Buildings
Are Planned
Proposed for Tokomo,
Silver Spring, Rockville
And Bethesda

Construction of community build
ings in Silver Spring, Bethesda,
Takoma Park and Rockville is being
considered by Montgomery County
officials, Park Commissioner E.
Brooke Lee announced last night at
q meeting of the County Advisory
Committee on Postwar and County
Planning at the Bethesda Ele-
mentary School.
committee members also heard a
recommendation by Fred w.
Tuemmler, planning director of the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, to route
the proposed Northern parkway
through Anson street and Alton
parkway in Silver Spring.
Declaring the sizes of the pro-
posed community buildings should
be determined by the present as well
as the probable" population of the
areas affected, Commissioner Lee
said tentative plans call for the
erection of the Silver Spring build
ing on a tract behind the Armory
which was decided recently to the
Park and Planning Commission by
the county commissioners.
Part Sold for Church Site.
Part of the property already has
been sold for $4,000 for a church
site, the park commissioner said,
adding that this money would help
pay for the proposed community
buildings.
The Bethesda community build
ing, Commissioner Lee said, should
be located as near as possible either
to the center of the business dis
trlct or to the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School. or convenient
ly near both locations" Sites for
the proposed Takoma Park and
Rockville structures have not yet
been selected, he added.
Facilities for desirable public
activities" including an auditorium,
an outdoor swimming pool and in
door athletic and game facilities,
should be available in each of the
proposed buildings, Commissioner
Lee asserted.
Would Use Dispensary Profits.
He suggested that the net profits
of the county dispensary system be
used to defray the county's share
of the proposed highway, school.
parks and community building costs.
This could be arranged, he ex-
planned, by the enactment of legis-
lation at the l945 session of the
State Legislature providing for the
use of the dispensary profits as a
carrying fund for a postwar and
general construction bond issue.
In outlining the suggested Silver
Spring route of the proposed north
ern parkway, Mr.. Tuemmler said
the southern terminus of the park
way would be at Western avenue
and the proposed extension of
Oregon avenue. ......
Tracing the path of the proposed
parkway northward, Mr.. Tuemmler
said 1t would parallel the District
line on the Maryland side, absorb"
part of East-West highway and then
continue easterly inso an extension
of Sixteenth street.
Would Underpass b. g. o.
The proposed parkway would un-
derpass the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road and follow a widened right of
way through Anson street with an
other underpaSs when it meets
Georgia avenue.
After leaving Georgia avenue, the
proposed parkway would 60 through
Alton parkway in Woodside Park,
underpassing Dale drive and con-
tinue up the Sligo Creek valley along
the west bank of the stream.
At Sligo Creek, according to the
planning director, traffic to and
from Baltimore would follow a new
major road across the Argyle Coun-
try Club golf course to tie in with
the Columbia pike route at point
where an interchange is to be To-
Gated on the proposed intercounty
metropolitan freeway.
Mr.. Tuemmler said the proposed
parkway would have a right-of way
width of 300 to 40 feet and would
be restricted to passenger vehicles.
1t is planned as handicapped route,
he added, to protect the residential
areas through which the parkway
would pass.