Sidewalks are opening up at the new
Maizon Bethesda apartments at 4900 Moorland Lane in downtown Bethesda. We're getting our first peek at the lobby, unit interiors, and a new public art installation at the building along Arlington Road. Already dubbed the "disco tree" by some residents, the Zachary Oxman sculpture looks like a tree, but with a mirrorball surface instead of bark.
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| Tree sculpture by Zachary Oxman |
Perhaps it is a witty commentary on Montgomery County's laughable and failed tree preservation policy, and the ongoing deforestation of downtown Bethesda. A second public art piece along Arlington Road, an abstract sculpture, is more conventional.
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| "Synergy III," by sculptor Jeff Chyatte |
Landscaping has been added, as well as some small wooden chairs. I'm curious if these ground-level units' exterior entrances are "poor doors," like The Lauren has for its required affordable units, where the hoi polloi enter from the street rather than use the lobby and elevators of the hoity toity. Having said that, the interiors of those units look great, if lacking the chef's kitchen island we've come to expect these days. Maizon Bethesda is now leasing, and offering six free weeks on two-bedroom units.
