The penguins of the restored mural near the Silver Spring Metro station will have some company in a few years. An extended-stay hotel in the works at 8600 Georgia Avenue will have its own penguin-themed public art, which will be visible from the town's cursed Silver Spring Transit Center.
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Proposed diving penguins
mural as it would look
from the Metro |
The hotel's massive building-side-height mural will feature diving birds of the tuxedoed variety entering ostensibly-polar waters. It comes with a minor caveat: Should the adjacent property redevelop, the new penguins could end up being blocked from view.
Where's your usual hand-wringing of the loss of gas stations in MoCo?
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this!
ReplyDelete"Should the adjacent property redevelop, the new penguins could end up being blocked from view."
ReplyDeleteBut they would still Be There. :)
(I wish they could coat the Silver Spring Metro Station with penguins in murals.)