Driving Downtown - Silver Spring 4K - Maryland USA

Driving Downtown - Silver Springs Maryland USA - Episode 31.
Silver Spring is an unincorporated area, City, and census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 76,716 according to 2013 estimates by the United States Census Bureau, making it the fourth most populous place in Maryland, after Baltimore, Columbia, and Germantown.[2]

The urbanized, oldest, and southernmost part of Silver Spring is a major business hub that lies at the north apex of Washington, D.C. As of 2004, the Central Business District (CBD) held 7,254,729 square feet (673,986 m2) of office space, 5216 dwelling units and 17.6 acres (71,000 m2) of parkland. The population density of this CBD area of Silver Spring was 15,600 per square mile all within 360 acres (1.5 km2) and approximately 2.5 square miles (6 km2) in the CBD/downtown area.[3] The community has recently undergone a significant renaissance, with the addition of major retail, residential, and office developments.

Silver Spring takes its name from a mica-flecked spring discovered there in 1840 by Francis Preston Blair, who subsequently bought much of the surrounding land. Acorn Park, tucked away in an area of south Silver Spring away from the main downtown area, is believed to be the site of the original spring.

Twenty-first century
At the beginning of the 21st century, downtown Silver Spring began to see the results of redevelopment. Several city blocks near City Place Mall were completely reconstructed to accommodate a new outdoor shopping plaza called "Downtown Silver Spring." New shops included national retail chains such as Whole Foods Market, a 20-screen Regal Theatres, Men's Wearhouse, Ann Taylor Loft, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Office Depot, and the now-closed Pier 1 Imports, as well as many restaurants, including Panera Bread, Red Lobster, Cold Stone Creamery, Fuddruckers, Potbelly Sandwich Works, Nando's Peri-Peri, and Chick-fil-a. A Borders book store was a popular spot until it closed when the chain went out of business; it was replaced by H&M. In addition to these chains, Downtown Silver Spring is home to a wide variety of family-owned restaurants representing its vast ethnic diversity. As downtown Silver Spring revived, its 160-year history was celebrated in a PBS documentary entitled Silver Spring: Story of an American Suburb, released in 2002.[28] In 2003, Discovery Communications completed the construction of its headquarters and relocated to downtown Silver Spring from nearby Bethesda. The same year also brought the reopening of the Silver Theatre, as AFI Silver, under the auspices of the American Film Institute. Development continues with the opening of new office buildings, condos, stores, and restaurants. In 2015-16, the long-struggling City Place Mall underwent a complete renovation, had its name changed to Ellsworth Place, and brought in new tenants, including TJ Maxx, Ross Dress for Less (a re-opening original tenant), Michaels, Forever 21, and Dave & Buster's. The restoration of the old B&O Passenger Station was undertaken between 2000 and 2002, as recorded in the documentary film Next Stop: Silver Spring.[29][30] In 2005 Downtown Silver Spring was awarded the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence silver medal.

Economy
The following companies/agencies/organizations have their headquarters based in the Silver Spring CBD:
United Therapeutics (biotechnology company)
Discovery Communications (media company)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (federal agency)
Radio One (media company)
TV One (media company)
American Nurses Association (professional organization)
Stuckey's (convenience store chain)

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[SRambo-hxsl]

I love the area.
I use to live in Ellicott City and I would drive down to Silver Springs to dine out at the various restaurants.
I miss this area very much. 😊

[ericlamont]

This generated so much nostalgia within me😩. I grew up in Silver Spring and miss it so much!

[janesymedina]

I was born in Maryland but i was Raised in puerto rico. I wish i can go there one day and see my other family. 💟💟

[WolfeMoon]

Excellent video! Grew up in Bethesda, MD and Silver Spring was my old stomping ground. Of course this was way back in the 70's so of course it is all changed now but this is such a great trip down memory lane!

[pedroflores]

good video I lived in hyattsville md until 2005, and this video reminded me of the time.Now I live in El Salvador

[Luis_elbori]

nice video. lived in silver spring for 6 years. i still visits often with my wife. I like going downtown silver spring

[luthermcgee]

I recognized at the beginning of the video the building on the right. Great video! You see, I used to live in silver spring, and being a graphic artist, I drew at least fourty buildings while there working in DC. Also at 7:10, I always remembered a fruit stand three in front of the red brick building on the right going up the hill. I even remember buying fruit from it on occasion.

[rafitoribio]

I love you Silver spring Maryland! Thi is life.

[JadaBlaze]

I love going to Cityplace and catching a movie at the Imax Theater

[RiverSophiel]

Brings back so many wonderful memories 💕love MD. That Regal is still my favorite movie theater. (I’m a UMD alumni).

[journeybeyondthesea]

Ayeee that’s my city! That’s where I’m from. MoCo all day moe 🤪❤️

[viewmaster]

Both Downtown Bethesda and Silver Spring separates Montgomery County from the rest of counties. The most urban County in the DMV. Only Arlington comes close!🤔

[differentbreed]

can’t wait to look back at this video in 10 years

[leelmag]

I lived close by there in Takoma Park... City Place Mall was always a hang-out spot.

[yolandamoratin]

Nice video, I enjoyed seeing the city of Silver Spring, I lived here for 42 years.

[charliezayas]

Yes, enjoyed the video. Want to see also towns near the city of Maryland.

[danobrien]

Grew up Bonifant Street in the 60's and early 70's. Watching this mess that is now Silver Spring makes me want to cry. Those who are angered by this likely never knew what a great place it was with mom and pop businesses, soda counters, Silver Theater with stage shows before the movie....lighting bugs everywhere in evenings, Hecht Co. Windows with animated displays at Christmas time ( opps holiday time) ....great place for children to grow another nameless carbon copy city buildings, box stores, national soulless chains and concrete parking garages.

[ricardolopez]

I lived in Silver Spring 30 years ago, but it seems as it was yesterday. I lived on Cameron Street. The apartments where I live are not there anymore. I remember the Twin Towers apartments and many other places that appear in the video. Thanks for sharing it.

[bleueviolette]

I was born and raised in S.S., MD - don't remember having a downtown, just all suburb. Downtown meant D.C., and Georgetown was the hip place to go.
Left when I was twenty-three, right when the streets were all torn up, as they were building the subway system in D.C.
I don't recognize any of this at all - strange.