The Hyattsville Saucer’s New Home
No one knows exactly where the saucer will land, but it’ll have a home. The funky saucer canopy at the Hyattsville Public Library has been spared and plans drawn up by […]
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The Saucer is Saved, But Not the Library
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithThe architects in charge of designing a new public library in Hyattsville will keep the iconic entryway, but tear down the building its attached to.
Hyattsville Has a Cameo in Political Ad
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithAn ad for Maryland gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown highlights Hyattsville. The 30-second TV ad, called “Not About the Numbers,” begins with a shot of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor before showing the […]
Pizzeria Paradiso Delay Could Be Resolved Soon
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithA bureaucratic tangle over the Pizzeria Paradiso in Hyattsville could be resolved soon. The owners of ArtWorks and the popular Washington eatery have been in a dispute with the Prince […]
Will the Saucer Be Saved?
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithWill the saucer at the Hyattsville Public Library be saved? We’ll soon hear what 10 architecture firms think should be done. Prince George’s County is asking architects on contract to […]
Hyattsville’s Silent Movie Theater
/in Hyattsville/by Alison BeckwithOne of the first modern movie theaters in the Washington suburbs was in Hyattsville, and the exterior of the building is still around. Businessman Sidney Lust, a partner of the […]
Hyattsville Makes Use of Historic Tax Credits
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithProperty owners in Hyattsville have received more than a half million dollars in state tax credits for rehabilitating historic buildings. Since 1999, the Maryland Historic Trust has granted $552,471 in […]
National Attention for the Saucer Campaign
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithSave our Saucer has gone big time. The campaign to save the saucer structure outside the Hyattsville public library was featured on the blog of the National Trust for Historic […]
What Will Happen to the WSSC Building?
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithThe key to the future of a major commercial property in the Historic District lies in its zoning. Now listed for sale, the former home of the Washington Suburban Sanitary […]
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