In Philly there's a similar restaurant in an old mid-block fire station that's appropriately named "Jack's Firehouse". It's in a row of adjoining commercial buildings that appear to have been built in several different eras, but still share common walls. It's also right across the street from the historic Eastern State Penitentiary, so it's a real smorgasbord of urban architecture on that block.
I have heard Silver Spring referenced on many occasions, while only have a notion of it geographical relationship to metro DC. Thanks for this brief urban history. It was a small "urb," I take it.
I think it was mostly a small town that evolved into a bedroom community in the early 20th century (it had racial covenants and was one intended as white-only like a lot of early suburbs), but after the slump in the 1970s it developed into a diverse place and has seen a ton of growth. It’s really like a city of its own now, even has a lot of office towers
If you want to visit an even more intact fire station, visit the Old Fire Station #3 restaurant in Fairfax.
In Philly there's a similar restaurant in an old mid-block fire station that's appropriately named "Jack's Firehouse". It's in a row of adjoining commercial buildings that appear to have been built in several different eras, but still share common walls. It's also right across the street from the historic Eastern State Penitentiary, so it's a real smorgasbord of urban architecture on that block.
Cool! Gonna go look it up!
I have heard Silver Spring referenced on many occasions, while only have a notion of it geographical relationship to metro DC. Thanks for this brief urban history. It was a small "urb," I take it.
I think it was mostly a small town that evolved into a bedroom community in the early 20th century (it had racial covenants and was one intended as white-only like a lot of early suburbs), but after the slump in the 1970s it developed into a diverse place and has seen a ton of growth. It’s really like a city of its own now, even has a lot of office towers