DEMOLITION PREP UNDERWAY AT THE HAMPDEN APTS. IN BETHESDA (PHOTOS)

Preparations for demolition are getting underway at the future site of The Lauren ultra-luxury condos in downtown Bethesda. Multiple buildings on Hampden Lane, Woodmont Avenue and Montgomery Lane are going to be torn down to make way for condos "from the several millions." The most significant tear-down will be that of the affordable garden apartment complex known as The Hampden, on Hampden Lane.

This tear down will result in a net loss of affordable units in downtown Bethesda.

Former entrance to
The Hampden apartments

There goes the lawn

One of the last affordable buildings
in downtown Bethesda

Trees, white picket fence...
this can't be allowed to stand!
Anybody heard a peep about
the deforestation clearcut of
The Green Mile along
Wisconsin Avenue yet?

This house is going, too

Shining a light on the
lost affordable housing
corridor of Arlington Road
in downtown Bethesda

Green thumb

All the paperwork is
in order

Welcome, Mr. Bulldozer,
come right on in

That's the rear of The Hampden
in the background