January 6th, 2007 | by Eric Fidler | published in Downtown
The student body isn’t the only thing in town getting brighter. College Park now boasts a series of new lampposts lining Baltimore Avenue (Route 1) downtown. These lamps enhance safety (as we have written before) while adding a touch of needed elegance to the city.
December 13th, 2006 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Downtown, Events, Knox Box Redevelopment
Tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. in the Gallery of the Architecture Building, architecture and urban planning master’s student Brian Carroll will defend his thesis examining the Knox Box and downtown area of College Park. His thesis proposes a possible redevelopment of this area including changes to street alignments and the design of possible new buildings both [...]
November 28th, 2006 | by David Daddio | published in Downtown
Today’s Diamondback article about Santa Fe’s growing reputation as a live music venue reminds us of a gradual trend that we often overlook – College Park’s downtown is actually starting to take on the characteristics of a real College Town. Everyday another store seems to be extending their hours for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, [...]
November 27th, 2006 | by Eric Fidler | published in Businesses, Downtown, East Campus, Politics
Today’s Washington Post includes a story about East Campus development, the first time the Post has reported on the project. The story summarizes the project rather quickly and mentions some of its goals, including the aim to increase the university’s supply of graduate housing. The article also mentions the concern some current business-owners have as [...]
November 15th, 2006 | by Jesse Blitzstein | published in Businesses, Downtown
Students who face lines, crowds, and repetitiveness at the current downtown College Park bars have eagerly awaited the opening of The Thirsty Turtle since the beginning of this fall semester. While nobody knows exactly how long that wait will continue, we at least have some idea why it exists. We have heard from several sources [...]
October 26th, 2006 | by David Daddio | published in Downtown, General College Park, Route 1, University View, University View Overlook
Maybe the most reviled building in College Park, the University View has been the subject of much criticism ever since its doors opened last fall. Indeed the building is a bit overwhelming, but the benefits of putting 1,100 students right at the university’s front gate are hard to ignore. Also, the complex actually hasn’t been [...]
October 17th, 2006 | by David Daddio | published in Downtown, General College Park, On Campus Development
Student Government leaders lead university and government officials around campus last night during their annual safety walk. They considered lighting, camera coverage, and overgrown shrubbery that could aid criminals (all topics that we explored briefly a couple weeks ago). Officials repeatedly swayed the conversation on crime to one of its root causes – drinking. A [...]
October 9th, 2006 | by Eric Fidler | published in Downtown, East Campus, Route 1
The university is carefully devising plans for the East Campus development project and intends for this new development to rectify some of the most urgent problems detrimental to campus life. Among these problems is the fact that there is not a single grocery store within walking distance of the campus. Rather than waiting years for [...]
