Resurrection of Historic "Silver Spring Park" Name

on July 18, 2009 1:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I'm amazed and somewhat pleased to discover yesterday that Dr. Ulysses Glee, owner of the property at the southeast corner of Fenton and Silver Spring Avenue, has changed the name of his proposed Moda Vista project to Silver Spring Park.

For years I have been espousing the return of this, the original name of our neighborhood (est. 1905), instead of the generic East Silver Spring moniker that we have been burdened with for decades. This revised name is certainly a more appropriate and authentic acknowledgement of the historic roots of the neighborhood than some nonsensical Italian-sounding phrase that essentially means "fashionable view."

Who knows, some day we may even be able to have a Silver Spring Park Citizens Association!

Jerry McCoy is founder and president of the Silver Spring Historical Society, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create and promote awareness and appreciation of downtown Silver Spring's heritage through sponsorship of educational activities and the preservation and protection of historical sites, structures, artifacts and archives.

Jerry may be reached at sshistory@yahoo.com or 301-537-1253. The society's web site is sshistory.org