GALLERY BETHESDA APARTMENTS WEBSITE GOES LIVE - PLUS NEW PHOTOS

#TheNewHeight has #ANewSite.

Luxury apartment tower The Gallery is still under construction, but a new website features more information and floorplans. Among the amenities are a dog run and dog-washing station ("Arf!").

The Gallery is not quite ready to lease yet, as all of those high-end finishes, chef-inspired kitchens, and rooftop pool are going to take time.

Delivery is expected in early 2014.

While we're waiting, here are some new photos of The Gallery at night. (The Night Gallery?). It looks pretty impressive with the current lighting in place. You could almost imagine driving down into the garage entrance. As you can see from this vantage point, as well as from Arlington Road by Bethesda Row, The Gallery has quickly established its place on the Bethesda skyline.

MASSIVE CRANES RISE ABOVE DOWNTOWN BETHESDA - EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS!!

Construction crews and big rigs flooded into downtown Bethesda Saturday, giving a hint of the development to come.

One crew worked at Bainbridge's The Monty, while the other was at That 70s Building [a.k.a. The Gallery at Bethesda].  Both teams assembled towering cranes at their respective sites.

Here is an exclusive photo gallery:

Beyond Jiffy Shoppes and Chef Tony's on
St. Elmo, the Bainbridge crane begins to
take shape

Flagmen stop traffic as workers prepare to
raise the crane's cab up to its
gravity-defying perch

There it goes!  Up...

...up...

...up!  The Eagle has landed

Meet Crane #2, assisting construction of
That 70s Building between Del Ray and
Auburn Avenues

Auburn Avenue was completely shut down
for assembly of the Miller and Long crane.
Note the vintage WHFS radio transmitting
tower atop Triangle Towers

A classic Freightliner truck stands by as the
crew prepares to hoist a counterweight up
to the crane arm

We have liftoff of the counterweight

Counterweight on its way up...

...way up...

...waaaaay up...

Almost there...

Success!  Now to secure it in place...

Counterweights securely in place

View of assembled Miller & Long crane
from ...Miller & Long!

ALL FULL

Parkmageddon is upon us!

An electronic sign on Elm Street pronounced the
Bethesda Row public parking garage full Saturday

With Lots 31 and 31A closed, as well as the Del Ray lot (recently reduced to rubble for construction of "That 70s Building" a.k.a The Gallery), parking in downtown Bethesda is more challenging than ever.

Warm weather, and the return of college students, means this is the peak season at Bethesda Row.

The result is what happens when developers become a higher priority for elected officials than taxpaying residents and business owners in Bethesda.

Certainly, some people are going to get frustrated and go elsewhere.  Will they come back after The Darcy and its ample public garage finally open?

MORE PICS OF MICHAEL BAY-ESQUE DESTRUCTION AT FUTURE SITE OF "THAT 70s BUILDING"

WRECKING BALLS REDUCE MORE

THAN HALF OF DEL RAY AVENUE

TO RUBBLE!

Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive!!!

George Jefferson and Mr. Drummond can't wait to move into their respective penthouses in the future building at this Old Town Bethesda location, on Del Ray and Rugby Avenues.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's time for another exclusive destruction update from the future site of That 70s Building, a.k.a. The Gallery at Bethesda.

Don your leisure suit, and accessorize with your favorite gold medallion.  We're taking a tour of the construction site right here on the blog.

It's a beautiful day for dining on the rooftop
patio at Tia Queta on Del Ray Ave. (at left)

This massive crane rolled into the site, stopped, and
struck a victory pose amidst a block-wide scene of destruction

The side wall of Tia Queta.  The townhomes
have been completely demolished

You'll notice the townhomes pictured in my last update have been completely razed.