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April 2008

by Jerry McCoy

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Ten times each week, I walk up and down the 1100 block of Bonifant St. on my way to/from the Silver Spring Metro station.  On each trip I pass under the ugly co-joined concrete structures collectively referred to as the Bonifant-Dixon Public Parking Garage #5. As an historian, I am usually either blessed or depressed to be able to see in my mind's eye what downtown Silver Spring used to look like when I wander about, and I definitely feel the latter when I see these two hulking structures.

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

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