Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Sign, flagpole installed at new Bethesda 2nd District police station (Photos)


The "police" sign is up on the facade of the new Montgomery County 2nd District police station on Rugby Avenue, and so is the flagpole. The design remains polarizing for many, evoking a prison-bunker aesthetic that is incongruous with the transforming mixed-use neighborhood rising around it.







5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The design remains polarizing for many, evoking a prison-bunker aesthetic that is incongruous with the transforming mixed-use neighborhood rising around it."

I agree, but it's a police station, not a luxury hotel. A more attractive design would have surely costed more taxpayer dollars.

Anonymous said...

That big blank wall shown in the fourth picture, faces the County parking garage. Not a big deal.

The facade facing Rugby Avenue is about 60-75% glass.

Anonymous said...

This was a curious design choice given that the whole area around it is being redeveloped for more residential.

It's literally a cinder block box with three flag poles.

Anna said...

The little gravel lot that I used to park in has grown up.

Anonymous said...

Happy the Council has given police a better HQ which they deserve. Good work!!!