Sunday, July 07, 2019

New mural being painted at DoubleTree Bethesda hotel (Photos)

A new mural is being painted on the south wall of the DoubleTree Bethesda hotel, near the corner of Cordell and Wisconsin Avenues. It's an interesting location, because directly below the wall is a tiny restaurant that was once home to the famous Little Tavern. Constructed in 1955, it is one of the few that remain of the hamburger chain's distinctive buildings in the region. What do you think about the murals that have been painted around downtown Bethesda in recent years?




18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Everyone who has any bit of interest in this block has seen this already.

Anonymous said...

that chinese place is a dump/eyesore - please paint over it.

Robert Dyer said...

7:20: That's a frontrunner for Dumbest Comment of the Year, old sport.

Anonymous said...

How come you didn't mention the name of the "tiny restaurant"? It has been Golden House Chinese carryout for many years now.

Anonymous said...

To those new to the area (welcome!), the chinese place is in a classic Little Tavern location. Leave it be.

Anna said...

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The adult human brain is about 2% of the total body weight.

Tom Andrews said...

A little surface parking lot right there. That's an uncommon site these days as most of the stand alone restaurants along Wisconsin Avenue (Pizza Hut, Hot Shoppes, etc.) have faded away.

Skippy said...

Murals and art have been hit or miss downtown recently.

I love the NY skyline mural on Cordell (at least it's fun), but the painting at the Metro Center didn't fit at all and the mural on Arlington is junk.

Anna said...

#DareToShine

Anonymous said...

#Dyer'sLittleHelper @ 9:37 AM:

"To those new to the area (welcome!), the chinese place is in a classic Little Tavern location. Leave it be."

He doesn't want to trigger an Aspie Meltdown in his hero, by mentioning that the name of this place is Golden House.

Anonymous said...

Looking forward to Megan Rapinoe bodyslamming Robert Dyer through the counter at Golden House!

Anonymous said...

10:17AM/10:19AM
Huh?

Anonymous said...

11:44 AM You never comment on the actual topic of the article.
Plenty of creepy local bloggers, but Dyer isn't among them.

Anonymous said...

Dyer lives in such a cool neighborhood...

Anonymous said...

I for one would love to hear more about creepy local bloggers. I read about four local blogs outside of the SNN and want to hear about which on earth is creepy and why 11:44

Anonymous said...

Is this mural part of the renovation of the Double Tree to become a new Tapestry Collection by Hilton? Or is this sponsored by some other entity, like one of the Bethesda Arts groups?

Robert Dyer said...

7:54: It is not listed under the official Bethesda UP mural projects.

Anonymous said...

Golden House is great. Good food for take out. Always busy. I hope it stays.

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