A lot of that growth happened in Silver Spring, where high-rise apartment and office buildings were sprouting up around the planned Metro station. Montgomery County grew at a fast clip during the 1960s, doubling in population. How the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles built, then lost this building Let’s talk about the history of this building, why this building matters, and what we need to do to keep people safe. For my family, our apartment was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to put down roots in Montgomery County – and it’s hard to see tenants face the same maintenance and safety issues we did 30 years ago.
Including me, from 1991 to 1998.īack then, it was called Georgian Towers. It seems like everyone I knew knew somebody in the building, or had lived there themselves. Another 400 people were displaced, and 89 apartments were condemned. Last month Arrive, a high-rise apartment building in downtown Silver Spring caught fire, claiming the life of a 25-year-old woman and her two dogs. Arrive Silver Spring, formerly Georgian Towers among other names, on March 8, 2023.
