Go Hyattsville!
A College Park writer talks about his impressions of Hyattsville's arts district.
Someone's saying nice things about Hyattsville and Patch thought you might like to know about it.
College Park Patch columnist Joe Smith wrote a piece today expressing his frustration over what he sees as a prevalence of old, vacant buildings on Route 1 in College Park.
"Believe it or not, I’m sick of complaining. You know what they say about doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Yet, during this same two-year period, as I’ve made the occasional trip up U.S. Route 1 to Franklin’s, I’ve watched Hyattsville knock down some its sorry old buildings and build new things in their place, like an “arts district” (that no artist can probably afford) with nice-looking loft-style apartments, and commercial areas with quality restaurants like Busboys and Poets (BB&P)."
Thank you, Joe, for noticing the strident efforts of the Hyattsville community! And thank you, Hyattsville, for making those strides!
Michael L. Albertson
11:43 pm on Sunday, July 31, 2011
The next thing the city of Hyattsville should do is request Pepco include route one in their improvements to the system. They need to start at the northern border and go south and remove all the utility poles. They should be placed underground. It's has been an eye shore for as long as I've lived in Hyattsville. Each time a tractor trailer drives south on route one they rub up against the poles. We need to improve route one all the way once and for all.