Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Sneak peek: Arts Alley at the Cheval Bethesda condo tower (Video+Photos)

One of the amenities at Duball, LLC's soon-to-deliver Cheval Bethesda ultra-luxury condo tower is Arts Alley, a 2000 SF arts incubator that will be managed by the Bethesda Urban Partnership. The width between the former gas station property and the Woodmont Corner public parking garage was increased by 5 feet, as part of the Cheval construction.
The just-about-finished product
Decorative lighting lines the alleyway, and large windows give the artists' studios extra visibility. Their work is expected to be displayed, and the public can use this alley to access the parking garage from Old Georgetown Road. Cheval Bethesda is located at 4990 Fairmont Avenue, and its first residents are tentatively expected to move in next month.

Artist's rendition

The real thing


Close-up of lighting elements

One of the studio spaces
Cheval Bethesda










12 comments:

Roald said...

Looking forward to this! Another stop on the art walk!

Anonymous said...

Hope the cladding material on the building exterior is not flammable...

Anonymous said...

Eminent domain proposal withdrawn. No updated from the SNN?

Anonymous said...

"It would have sped up the acquisition of small areas of land around bus stops to make them ADA-compliant."

LOL

Anonymous said...

Also got scooped BIGLY regarding Westwoodbard.

Even Robin F*cker doesn't come here anymore.

Anonymous said...

I'm hearing bad things about the Cheval - I'd suggest through diligence.

Anonymous said...

11:03am posting about a meeting notice over a week later than Dyer is a "scoop"?

Better late than never, but not a scoop.

Anonymous said...

Cool little addition

Robert Dyer said...

11:03: I reported that last week, dumbass.

Anonymous said...

What is an "arts incubator"? I know in the business field, the term means to incubate new companies and then they grow and get their own office space as they expand.

So what will this be doing?

LED Man said...

How long until one of those LED banks goes: "fweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-pop" and then the entire strand goes dark? I say 6 months.

Anonymous said...

Question for #DodgingDyer:

Why are comments not enabled for the post titled “Tower Cos.' Brian Abramson joins Bethesda's Sandy Spring Builders”?