Sunday, June 25, 2017

Bethesda construction update: 2nd District police station (Photos)

Construction continues at a slow pace at the future Montgomery County 2nd District police station on Rugby Avenue. It also structurally looks different from the high-rises - and even some of the stick-built mid-rises - you see going up around the county. I'll have to defer to one of our resident architecture experts to explain why that is.





7 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:36 AM

    If you take a picture of a construction site at 6:00 on a Sunday morning, of course it's going to look like a "slow pace".

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  2. Anonymous9:10 AM

    "It also structurally looks different from the high-rises - and even some of the stick-built mid-rises - you see going up around the county."

    You mean because it's steel-frame instead of concrete or wood? Or am I missing what you're referring to?

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    1. 9:10: I think that's a major part of it.

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  3. Anonymous1:31 PM

    Based on the rendering in the last photo it looks like one of those sad concrete monstrosities we saw a lot of in the 70's & 80's. Seems like we could've done much better.

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  4. Anonymous2:13 PM

    It appears more like a military bunker. Maybe that's what they're going for?

    City of Rockville did a better job making their new station.

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  5. Anonymous3:13 PM

    Just like a real journalist to ask his readers instead of doing the research himself.

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    1. Anonymous5:29 PM

      Even if someone wrote an answer, Dyer wouldn't believe him anyway.

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