New, permanent signage on the historic facade of the old Bethesda Post Office at 7400 Wisconsin Avenue may help wayward postal customers realize this is actually a gym now. Truebody Bethesda will be hosting a Vino + Vinyasa event this Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 4:00-6:30 PM. A yoga class will be combined with red wine tasting for a health-boosting combination. You can
book your spot online.
They certainly did a nice job on the interior and the outdoor exercise area. Cool lighting ideas look intriguing at night. We took a tour of the place and it really does look verynice. Much larger on the inside that it appears. I hope they do well. I wonder if they could partner with the nearby Hyatt to offer options for travelers?
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great example of how one can creatively adapt and reuse historic buildings.
Maybe an inspiration for anyone who tackles the reuse of the Women’s Farm Market building that I believe is being sold to nearby developers, and is required to be somehow preserved. Perhaps the building could be used as a new restaurant, surrounded by an open urban park, instead of the current flea market uses. Of course Bethesda would lose its resource for black velvet Elvis paintings.
We Bethesdians are a proud people. We will not put up with the constant insult of temporary signage!
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ReplyDelete"New, permanent signage on the historic facade"! That's not permanent signage. As a historic structure the signage area must not impact the original design of the building, nor alter its features. That sign is neither "temporary" nor permanent, it merely establishes the identity of the current occupant, while avoiding altering the original appearance of the historic structure. A better phrasing is an adaptive sign has been added to the building for the new tenant.
ReplyDelete9:48: Wrong, Saul Alinsky. Your Alinsky obsession to detail should have made the fact that no signage in the history of the world has ever been "permanent." However, when a business installs the formal signage it will use until it either has to be replaced, or the business closes, that indeed is its permanent signage (compared to a tacked-up banner, etc.).
ReplyDeleteHow is this place much different from all the other gyms in Bethesda, including a couple within a few blocks' radius? Well, other than having very little parking of course.
ReplyDelete1:36, the classes are better.
ReplyDeleteWhat is this obsession Dyer has with Saul Alinsky? Did anyone else have to look up who he was?
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