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[quote=Anonymous]Bethesda resident here. No one is really nostalgic for the Bethesda of yesteryear--of course there will be new building. But when they built in Silver Spring, they built a community center, a civic gathering space, an ice skating rink. 
Bethesda needs those, too. Instead, the white space in front of the Trader Joe's is considered "green space." It's ridiculous. And ugly. 
Now the Purple Line mess has us completely paralyzed. 
Charlie Cook of the Cook Report put it best. I'll post a link to his article. But don't worry if you don't agree--the developers OWN the City Council. They will get anything they want for anything they want to build. One developer at Chevy Chase Lake was supposed to plant trees and put wires underground. Guess what? After receiving all permits to build, he said he couldn't plant trees just right there, maybe elsewhere and some point, and he received a waiver allowing the wires to go aboveground. No one cares. I don't even think there was a fine imposed.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/opinion/opinion-i-hate-what-bethesda-has-become/[/quote]

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