The Bainbridge Wisconsin property, formerly home to a gas station at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Hampden Lane, has received a code violation notice from Montgomery County. A County inspector cites concrete debris, dirt, and old street lights as solid waste that needs to be cleaned up. The form also exhorts the landowner to mow the grass, and something else, but the handwriting is illegible on that line. Many downtown residents have complained about the state of the property, which has been in stasis as Bainbridge awaited passage of the new zoning that would allow greater density on this site.
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ReplyDelete5:07: Actually, it's taken Hans &Co. a couple of years to respond to citizen complaints about this site's condition and appearance. That's what happens when you don't have a resident of Bethesda on the Council. There have been dozens of issues I've had to address and get action on as an activist and journalist, because if left to the impotent County Council, they'd never get fixed.
DeleteWhy the need for pretentious words here "exhorts", "statis"? You're no Harvard English professor.
ReplyDeletesomeone got a thesaurus for their birthday
ReplyDeleteRobbie was disappointed to learn that a thesaurus is a book. He was hoping it would be a dinosaur.
ReplyDeleteWhat is "real bethesda"?? LOL
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time you've written about any problems at this site, so you can't really claim that you "have gotten action on this as a journalist".
ReplyDeleteAs for "activist"*, when did you report this issue to the impotent Council?
*Gadfly, troll, busybody, Gladys Kravitz
Bainbridge needs to get moving on this site. Prime location sitting there for years...
ReplyDeleteIt's a prime location, but it could be primer if they are able to include adjacent sites such as Tommy Joe's and Pines of Rome, and get a height increase. The stasis makes sense in this context. Given that Tommy Joe's has moved and that the owner of Pines of Rome has purchased the former Matuba, that day should be coming soon.
ReplyDeleteThe site is an eyesore, but I'm glad they held out for the additional height/density even though they'll have to jump through more hoops to get it. A 14-story building on this site would be a massive underutilization.
ReplyDeleteLast I heard the giant assemblage the owners NREA/Bainbridge had with Washington Property, Chevy Chase Land, Douglas, and AOTA was on the verge of breaking up, related to issues with the abandonment of Hampden Ln.
Ha ha, great troll job 5:07am
ReplyDelete"It's a prime location, but it could be primer"
ReplyDeleteI saw what you did there. Lol
I miss getting Jerry's cheese steaks at the mini store in the gas station. It was a rare fast food location in Bethesda
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