Route One Fun

Fun Along the Route 1 Corridor

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Don Becker’s at it again! Tree Stump Reborn As New Park Bench

As finishing touches are being put on the new playground in University Park (grand opening 5/19), I caught local sculptor Don Becker working his magical, chainsawing ways to repurpose an old tree stump into a new park bench! Purdy cool. Love the animal theme! More about Don’s other tree stump sculptures in UP here, here and here. […]

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Hillbilly Alligators, Drunken Hot Dogs, Star Wars & More at Southern Fried Woodcuts by Sean StarWars

Dig colorful, bright, playful/satirical/irreverent prints that feature nostalgia-triggering characters and pop culture nuggets like Ms. Pacman, Pez Dispensers, Darth Vader and beloved Guided by Voices? Of course you do!  So go check out Southern Fried Woodcuts by Sean StarWars at Hyattsville’s Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Took the young’ns to Pyramid after soccer today and we […]

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New Tree Sculpture Coming to University Park!

A little birdy told me that a new tree sculpture will be made out of this tree stump, greeting folks as they head to / by the new playground opening soon in University Park! More about the playground, here. As with the other tree sculptures who call University Park their home, local sculptor Don Becker […]

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PICTURES: March Sights Along Route One!

Enjoy peoples, places and general life along Route One? Me, too. Check out these Route one area photos! Maybe you’ll be in one soon! 😊 Love this pic of Aaron Marcavitch, Executive Director of Maryland Milestones, who was clearly giddy (and rightly so!) about the packed house for the release of his new book on the history […]

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Join Tomorrow’s Ribbon Cutting for New Sidewalk Making Travel Along Route One that Bit Safer (And history of those 2 pillars)!

📷 courtesy of College Park City University Partnership Put on your fancy shoes and hats, people! The ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new sidewalk/bike path connection between Albion Road in College Park and Riverdale Park Station in Riverdale Park is this Thursday (4/5) morning, 8:30am at the corner of Albion Road and Baltimore Ave! Sidewalk […]

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A Little Cabaret Noir for the Lady or Gent?

🔊 “Doesn’t it bother you at all that you’re married?”…”What I want to know is, does it bother you?” 🔊 “With my brains and your looks, we could go places.” 🔊 “Keep on riding me and they’re going to be picking iron out of your liver.” No, this is not an “Overheard while standing in line at […]