Downtown Bethesda may not have any Irish pubs, or a St. Patrick's Day parade, but that didn't stop some of its buildings from showing some holiday spirit Monday. As day turned into night, three buildings went green. Avocet Tower, and the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, which face each other across Wisconsin Avenue by the Bethesda Metro station, both switched their accent lighting to green. A new entry in the theme-lighting competition is the venerable Landow Building. Its new entrance apparently also includes customizable lighting on the inside, which took on a shamrock hue Monday night.
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Does anybody know what the deal is with the building on the corner of East West and Wisconsin that has that circle neon light fixture? It's been RED for a long time but I REMEMBER it was GREEN not too long ago
That is an abstract sculpture of a Maryland blue crab, installed as part of the art-in-architecture program by Brookfield when the building was constructed many years ago. I noticed that the neon seems to have been replaced with LED tube lighting that can be programmed to display in multiple colors. I suspect a portion of the artwork was stuck on green for a while.
It's a plea or warning not to come into Bethesda-Chevy Chase anymore.
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