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By: Kathy J

Kathy J — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:08:51 +0000

It looks to be September for my street view but late winter/early spring several years ago for the aerial ones.

My BIG concern though is that they mark my house WRONGLY – showing “826″ as a neighbor far down the block from me. I have BEGGED Google to correct their street numbering in East SS several times – no response. Do I need to sue them for loss of business defamation (associating me with a garden-less home), and aggravation for this to get corrected.?!?

By: Bonifant More Sinister than Thayer

Bonifant More Sinister than Thayer — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:00:57 +0000

If your blog gets any more stale we can use it to make Thanksgiving stuffing.

By: Sligo

Sligo — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:11:41 +0000

I’m surprised the Google Streets car wasn’t harassed by DTSS security for taking photos.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:42:06 +0000

That’s amazing that they took that much time to map everything. I would never have guessed it. What would it take to drive these streets? Two days at the outside?

The cops were tailing the van going down Bonifant Street, too.

By: kristy

kristy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:17:45 +0000

It was definitely over a period of time. Now that I look more, when you “walk” on Fidler Lane in front of Twin Towers, you see green trees & people in short sleeves. Once you start to “walk” down Georgia, it’s leafless trees, wreaths, and jackets. If you turn down Colesville, you can see that “Another Man’s Garden” is playing at the AFI, which played at the end of November 2007.

By: rb

rb — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:00:24 +0000

Pictures were shot at different times. In my neighborhood leaves were green but some grass was brown. West of Georgia, on Seminary and Seminary Place, by Staples, and onto Georgia Ave north, there were no leaves on the trees and Roozens Nursery store had no plants on the shelves out front, definitely winter.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:07:51 +0000

were you looking at the street view? If not, click on one of the blue-lined streets. The overhead/satellite view might be during winter, but street view definitely has leaves on the trees, and they haven’t started to even turn yet.

By: kristy

kristy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:01:53 +0000

I would say it’s later in the year than the guesses of July or September 2007. Maybe December?
I looked at the Twin Towers Apts. on the Georgia Avenue side (below my windows) and noticed two things along Georgia Avenue: absolutely no leaves on the trees and a Christmas wreath on the lamp post.

By: Jerry A. McCoy

Jerry A. McCoy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:38:04 +0000

Great thing about downtown Silver Spring getting the “Street View” treatment is that it has already documented places that no longer exist…like the two 1920s bungalows and Roadhouse Oldies in the 900 block of Thayer Avenue – http://tinyurl.com/5cmskc .

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:05:13 +0000

Nice sleuthing!