July 2008
by Jerry McCoy
Last month I wrote about the distinctive Roadhouse Oldies storefront, a rare surviving example of a pre-fabricated commercial façade designed and erected in 1946 by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Corporation. Located at 958 Thayer Avenue, the structure is slated to be razed for redevelopment of the site.
I propose the unusual idea of preserving this compact façade, measuring only 12' wide x 14' high x 2.5' deep, by disassembling and reassembling it in to-be-constructed Silver Spring Library. There the store front, along with its vintage Roadhouse Oldies sign and reassembled display windows containing dozens of 45 r.p.m. records, could serve as a display that would impart information not only about Silver Spring's heritage but about our country's technological and architectural past.
by Jerry McCoy
Last month I wrote about the distinctive Roadhouse Oldies storefront, a rare surviving example of a pre-fabricated commercial façade designed and erected in 1946 by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Corporation. Located at 958 Thayer Avenue, the structure is slated to be razed for redevelopment of the site.
I propose the unusual idea of preserving this compact façade, measuring only 12' wide x 14' high x 2.5' deep, by disassembling and reassembling it in to-be-constructed Silver Spring Library. There the store front, along with its vintage Roadhouse Oldies sign and reassembled display windows containing dozens of 45 r.p.m. records, could serve as a display that would impart information not only about Silver Spring's heritage but about our country's technological and architectural past.
Circa 1960s Maryland News newspaper advertising sign.
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