silver spring park: McMansion Watch in East Silver Spring - From Condemned to Almost Done?
- 12/14/09 08:57 AM
This post was inspired by a another local blogger www.ThayerAvenue.com who posted about a ginormous McMansion going up in East Silver Spring on Thayer Avenue. Most of East Silver Spring still has "normal sized" older houses. The few McMansions or new infill construction that we do have REALLY stand out. One example on Easley street is the "McMansion with no windows" It started out as a small bungalow home built in 1928 between 2 other similar houses. The home had a larger and deeper than average lot size of 12,180 sq ft. It was torn down sometime ago and remained a big watery mud … (2 comments)
silver spring park: East Silver Spring's Bungalows and Bungalow Streets
- 06/24/07 03:38 AM
The bungalow, in Silver Spring, MD, is one of the most popular home styles that vintage home buyers will ask me to look for. When I think of, or hear the word Bungalow, the first streets that come to mind are Silver Spring Avenue, Thayer Avenue, Easley Street, Sligo Avenue, Gist, Richmond and all their cross streets. The subdivisions are Silver Spring, Silver Spring Park and Blair. Developed from the early 1900's to early 1930's, this is a Vintage Bungalow Lover's Heaven! Every imaginable Bungalow type and style is represented and concentrated in this part of Silver Spring.
One the first homes I ever … (3 comments)
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Debbie Cook
Silver Spring and Takoma Park Maryland Real Estate
This post was inspired by a another local blogger www.ThayerAvenue.com who posted about a ginormous McMansion going up in East Silver Spring on Thayer Avenue. Most of East Silver Spring still has "normal sized" older houses. The few McMansions or new infill construction that we do have REALLY stand out. One example on Easley street is the "McMansion with no windows" It started out as a small bungalow home built in 1928 between 2 other similar houses. The home had a larger and deeper than average lot size of 12,180 sq ft. It was torn down sometime ago and remained a big watery mud … (2 comments)
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