Updated 1920's Silver Spring Bungalow on a large terraced, privacy fenced lot in Downtown Silver Spring with a floorplan that includes a big front porch, living and dining rooms, a cozy fireplace, 3 bedrooms, full bath and a large walkout basement.
Close by is the recently renovated Takoma Park Town Hall and Old Town Takoma - with the ever popular Takoma COOP, Farmers Market, local theater productions, parades, street fairs and festivals throughout the year.
Also within walking distance is The New "Silver Sprung" or Downtown Silver Spring with a host of restaurants, shopping, Town Center, entertainment, American Film Institute, Discovery Channel Headqarters, NOAA Headguarters and the New Expanded Campus of Montgomery College.
The new Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza (open public space with a pavilion for summer concert series, and ice-skating rink in the winter)are under construction and set to open next year. Beautiful Sligo Creek Park with playgrounds, picnic areas, tennis & basketball courts, hiking, biking and over 10 miles of paved hard surface trails - starts just 1/2 block away!
410 Silver Spring Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910 - $339,000
The Real Estate Market in Silver Spring and Takoma Park continues to pick up momentum. The question is, have we hit bottom and are we heading out of this or is this just a short upswing before the bottom really falls out? I wish I had a Crystal Ball but . . . . . "Those that live by the Crystal Ball eat glass"!
My suggestion right now would be that if you are wanting to buy, jump in now. You can't go wrong. If you are selling or need to sell, sell now and price your home to move fast. If this is a short upswing then you don't want to miss your chance to sell now during an upswing. How long of a window might we have? This is another question that is begging for a Crystal Ball.
My guess is that we might see a better market for at least the next 60 days. The problem longer term could be interest rate increases or the increase in inventory of foreclosed homes. Either of these could have a negative impact. My suggestion is NOT to watch national trends, but focus mostly on what you see taking place in our community. This will certainly give you the best perspective on our Silver Spring or Takoma Park, Maryland Real Estate market. Click on the chart below to get your free "Real Time" Market Stats for Silver Spring or Takoma Park:
The Grandpappy of all Celebrations in Montgomery County is the one taking place in Takoma Park, MD this weekend!
This year's Annual Takoma Park Independence Parade and Celebration, now in its 120th year, is entitled "The Belle of Takoma Park," in remembrance of longtime resident and organizer of the parade for the last 40 years, Belle Zeigler. Zeigler died Dec. 14, 2008, at age 88.
The parade begins at 10 a.m. at Carroll and Ethan Allen avenues. The parade ends at Maple and Ritchie avenues. Concerts by Violet Says 5, Positive Vibrations and the Takoma Park Community Band will begin at 7 p.m. Parade and raffle prize winners will be announced.
Fireworks are expected to start at 9:30 p.m. Vendors will have food for purchase during the parade and fireworks, including hotdogs, funnel cakes and ice cream. Parking is at the community center at 7500 Maple Ave. Rain date will be the next fair-weathered day.
The photos of the July 4th Decorations on the house in East Silver Spring are of "Joe the Neighbor's" handiwork from a few years back.
Capitol View Park was Montgomery County's First Historic District. This Old Historic Neighborhood is down by the Railroad Tracks and just past Forest Glen in the area of Silver Spring that borders Kensington, Maryland.
In this quiet shaded glen, away from the hustle and bustle of Downtown, you will find an eclectic mix of house styles and ages, every thing from old "Sears" Bungalows, Restored 1880's Victorians, post WWII capes cods, colonials ramblers and split levels new recently built homes.
Capitol View residents can enjoy living in this "woodsy, quiet and almost rural area that is between the hustle, bustle and convenience of Downtown Silver Spring and at one end and the quaint charm of the small town of Kensington at the other end.
The newsest addition to Capitol View Park is the Forest Glen Country Store Restaurant, which sits close to the neighborhood's boundary with Forest Glen. Robin Smith and Gillian Clark, former owners of Colorado Kitchen in the District, recently opened a restaurant in the 1880s-era general store on Post Office Road next to the Forest Glen "Castle".
More information about Capitol View Park and it's history can be found through the Capitol View Park Citizens Association and the Capitol View Park Historical Society.
Schools Montgomery County Public Schools have a reputation as being among the best in the nation. The public schools that serve the Capitiol View Park Subdivsion are: Oakland Terrace Elementary School Newport Mill Middle School Albert Einstein High School *at the high school level the Downcounty consortium is available giving students a choice regarding their academic area of study. The five high schools in the Downcounty cluster include Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein, Northwood High, John F. Kennedy and Wheaton High School.
A recent article in the Washington Post describes this area as having bounty of variety in it's archictecture. I can say that it also have a huge variation is it's Real Estate prices. There are 395 Single Family Houses in the Legal Subdivsion of Capitol View Park, Silver Spring, Md 20910
Real Estate in 2008 12 Homes Sold in 2008 Average List Price - $430,349 Average Sold Price - $423,000 Lowest Sold Price - $270,000 Highest Sold in 2008 - $807,500 Average Time on Market - 165 Days
YTD Real Estate in 2009 14 Homes Sold YTD 2009 Average List Price - 2009 - $484,771 Average Sold Price - $474,014 Lowest Sold Price - $169,290 Highest Sold - $800,000 Average Time on Market - 66 Days
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The Seven Oaks Neighborhood in Silver Spring straddles Sligo Creek Park and 2 zip codes in Silver Spring. The boundries follow along Sligo Creek from Dale Drive and Colesville Road at Mrs. K's Tollhouse to the Silver Spring International Middle / Sligo Creek Elementary Schools on one side where the zip code is 20910. The other side of Seven Oaks is located in the zip code 20901 and extends from Colesville Road and Sligo Creek Parkway up to and including part of Franklin Avenue.
The houses are an eclectic mix of single family homes that range from older 1920's stone tudors, spanish revival style, brick colonials, cape cods, bungalows to more modern and contemporary split levels and ramblers.
The old original subdivision of Seven Oaks has a unique collection of Mediterranian Revival or Spanish Eclectic Style Homes on larger than average lot sizes. The two curved stucco stuctures on Franklin Avenue still mark the Ellsworth Drive entrance to the oldest part of the subdivision. There are 291 Homes in the Seven Oaks Subdivision located "inside the beltway" under a canopy of towering mature native trees. The Seven Oaks neighborhood offers ready access to Beautiful Sligo Creek Park, the Silver Spring METRO station and all the ammenties of Downtown Silver Spring.
Public Schools The Montgomery County school system is well known as one of the best in the nation. Public schools serving the Seven Oaks Subdivision:
At the high school level the Downcounty consortium is available giving students a choice regarding their academic area of study. The five high schools in the Downcounty cluster include Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy and Wheaton.
Seven Oaks Silver Spring Real Estate
Of the 291 Single Family Houses in the Legal Subdivision of Seven Oaks there were 8 Sales in 2008
Average List Price in 2008 - $528,225 Average Sold Price 2008 - $427,500 Average Subsidy Contribution from Seller -$3,900 Average Days on Market 2008 - 77
Year to Date January 2009 to Present There have been 5 Closed Sales
Average List Price 2009 - $499,799 Average Sold Price 2009 - $501,050 Average Subsidy Contribution from Seller -$10,159 Average Days on Market 2009 - 57
The Building on the corner of Dale Drive and Schulyer Road is getting a face-lift, expansion, a second story and more square footage. When the building is finished with renovations it will become the new home of the Washington Revels.
The Washington Revels is a non profit cultural institution, the current headquarters are on Eastern Avenue in Silver Spring.
"An established cultural institution in the greater Washington area for over 25 years, Washington Revels is dedicated to reviving and celebrating cultural traditions -- music, dance, storytelling, drama and ritual -- that have bound communities together over the ages and across the globe."
Annual events include the professionally staged and directed Christmas Revels at Lisner Auditorium (drawing over 10,000 attendees in mid-December), Spring Celebrations, May Revels, Summer Solstice Festival Day, Harvest Barn Dance, and various Community Sings. Venues for these and many other productions range from outdoor parks to a 1500-seat theater
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This small 3,059 Sq Ft commercial building is in a mainly residential Neighbohood of East Silver Spring is in the same block as Silver Spring Intermediate - Sligo Creek Elementary School and Errters Market. The building has had several incarnations.
If you have lived in Silver Spring for a long time you will probably remember it as the Fairway Pharmacy for many many years. It's last incarnation was a consignment shop and Vincent Agnes Florist also had a storefront there for a long time.
South Silver Spring is triangular shaped and is bounded by Newell Street and Blair Mill Road on the northwest, the B&O Railroad right-of-way on the east and the District of Columbia line on the southwest. The South Silver Spring area is a part of the Silver Spring Central Business District (CBD). It is a combination of small scale commercial buildings and a scattering of high rise office buildings. After years of decay, South Silver Spring is being transformed into an exciting mixed use neighborhood with high tech businesses, arts oriented enterprises, new restaurants and over 1,000 new housing units. The new housing is the result of several large, adaptive re-use projects and several new residential development.
South Silver Spring is the Ultimate Walkable Neighborhood - You can live practically car-free! Run errands in no time, including a Giant, CVS, dry cleaners. Shop Organic at nearby Whole Foods Market and a weekly Farmer's Market (May to October). Explore more than 100 restaurants, from fine dining to cheap eats - including highly rated favorites Ray's the Classics, Jackie's Restaurant, and Ceviche. Take in a movie at the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre and cultural center.
Bike and hike on the Capital Crescent Trail, the Metropolitan Branch Trail, and the Silver Spring Green Trail. Work out at Gold's Gym, Washington Sports Club, LA Fitness, or Curves.
Condominums in South Silver Spring are prized for their accessibility to Metro and their lower price tag as compared to DC.
Check out these real estate market reports for condominiums in South Silver Spring:
Tucked away in this wooded sylvan setting off New Hampshire Avenue near White Oak is the Neighborhood of Quaint Acres in Silver Spring, Md. A Washington Post Article describes the setting in this neighborhood to a tee.
The setting is perfect for the Mid Century Modern houses that were built there in the early to late 1950's. There are 156 Homes, most were built between 1948 and 1974 and each lot is a little over an acre. These great examples of custom built Mid-Century Modern Homes are what makes Quaint Acres a "Mid Century Modern House Lover's Paradise".
The oldest home is the original farmhouse built in 1853 where Quaint Acres Drive and Applegrove Road meet inside the Entrance to the Subdivision. The old farmhouse was the home of Altus Lacy Quaintance, the namesake for the neighborhood.
Contemporary Mid Century Modern architects and builders such as Charles Goodman and Frank Lloyd Wright loved to make their homes seem as if they were one with nature. Mid Century Modern Homes have simple, clean lines without a lot of embellishments. They use natural elements like stone, wood and glass, with a lot of floor to ceiling windows and vaulted ceilings. In a lot of the Modern homes, you get the feeling that you are outdoors when you are inside them. During this time period the homes in Quaint Acres were considered the epitomy of Luxury Living, much like the New Luxury Homes are thought of today.
This is a quiet, lovely neighborhood, where you can still find homes set back from the street on gorgeous, large, wooded lots, and NO McMansions what-so-ever.
There is a "new" pharmacy in the old Moto Photo storefront (next to Next Day Blinds) in the Whole Foods/Strosniders Shopping Center. Upscale Care Rx has moved here from the Crescent Condos Location on the "crazy busy" part of Wayne Avenue. It's way easier to get to now.
The Director, Dawit Tsegaye says "we have been very pleased" with this move and the traffic this week.
He looks forward to being able to hire people to work at the new store including pharmacy technicians and students.
There is more merchandise in this new location, such as greeting cards, hosiery, hair brushes, chapstick and other items you would normally find at a small mom and pop corner drugstore.
Upscale Care RX carries conventional as well as homeopathic medications.
They will flavor medications for your children or you, if needed, at no extra charge.
Upscale Care has FREE delivery.
What other Drugstore or Pharmacy in Silver Spring has this type of unique, friendly personalized service?
Finally, after years of being vacant, the quaint old Forest Glen Landmark has had quite the facelift and is getting a fresh start. The structure built in 1918 was Formerly the Forest Glen Country Store where they sold candy, treats, crafts, souveniers, nick naks and at one time had a small lunch cafe.
The owners of the former popular Colorado Kitchen in DC have opened a charming, southern style casual restaurant complete with "down home" atmosphere. I love how they have kept the same basic layout, architectural features and old hardwood floors. Check out the real stuffed bear on the piano at the front entrance from a Taxidermist in Pennsylvania.
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Also within walking distance is The New "Silver Sprung" or 
Fireworks are expected to start at 9:30 p.m.
Capitol View Park was Montgomery County's First Historic District. This Old Historic Neighborhood is down by the Railroad Tracks and just past Forest Glen in the area of Silver Spring that borders Kensington, Maryland. 
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high schools in the Downcounty cluster include Montgomery Blair, Albert Einstein, Northwood High, John F. Kennedy and Wheaton High School.
Subdivsion of Capitol View Park, Silver Spring, Md 20910
Upscale Care RX carries conventional as well as homeopathic medications. 
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