Archive for the 'Famous Silver Spring People' Category
Rambo and Rocky’s Childhood House for Sale in Silver Spring
April 28th, 2008 Categories: Famous Silver Spring People, Silver Spring Neighborhoods, silver spring real estate
A house that Sylvester Stallone lived in as a child and young teen is on the market in the Montgomery Hills Neighborhood of Silver Spring. The Cape Cod House on Seminary Road was built in 1952. Sly’s parents owned the home sometime between 1952 and 1962, when the Stallone’s Sold it.
The 4 Bedroom 4 1/2 Bath House is Listed by the King Farm/Rockville Office of Long and Foster. The Asking Price is $699,899 Smackeroos.
Click the following URL to see the listing with lots more details and many many photos of the interior
http://matrix.mris.com/Matrix/Public/Email.aspx?ID=24670174438
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Stevie Nicks – Fleetwod Mac Connection to Silver Spring
August 21st, 2007 Categories: Famous Silver Spring People, Silver Spring Neighborhoods
The song Silver Springs was written by Stevie Nicks. Legend has it that she got the idea 
while riding in a limo on the Capitol Beltway after a concert and seeing the sign for the Silver Spring, Maryland Exit.
Die-Hard Silver Springers and native residents will tell you they hate it when anyone makes Silver Spring plural. That extra S drives a lot of us crazy (especially when a public offical makes this Mistake!) if you listen carefully to the song Stevie never uses the plural or the dreaded extra S in the song. The only place you’ll find that extra S is in the title of the song.
More evidence of this legend that the song came from the beltway sign is the fact that the sign is a “blue green” color mentioned in the song? A lot of other people believe this legend.
Watch Stevie Wail out this song LIVE
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Lewis Black Coming Home to Silver Spring, Md on June 29th
April 13th, 2007 Categories: Famous Silver Spring People, Silver Spring Neighborhoods
Lewis Black comes home! 
Springbrook families, staff and alumni – For one night only, one of our school’s most famous alums (or infamous, depending on your perspective) is returning to 201 Valley Brook Drive for a very special benefit show.
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The Oldest House in Silver Spring?
April 4th, 2007 Categories: Famous Silver Spring People, Silver Spring Neighborhoods, silver spring real estate
This old farmhouse sits at the highest point
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Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Md Famous People’s Houses – Goldie Hawn’s House
April 2nd, 2007 Categories: Famous Silver Spring People, Silver Spring Neighborhoods, silver spring real estate
Goldie Hawn, the famous actress and comedian grew up in this quaint and charming circa 
1927 Brick Duplex in Takoma Park, Md 20912. The Hawn Family lived in the Left Side of this duplex. Goldie’s small wedding to John Hudson was in the backyard of this home. Goldies father Edward Hawn, a musician, died in 1982 and Goldie’s mother Laura lived in this home up until 1984, when she sold the house and moved to California, where she passed away in 1994. Goldie graduated from the old Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md in 1963 and attended American University in Washington DC. Although she grew up in Takoma Park, her “stomping ground” was Downtown Silver Spring in it’s heyday. She speaks of her fond memories in the Documentary Film “Silver Spring, Story of an American Suburb”
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Silver Spring, Md Famous People’s Houses – Nora Roberts’ House
March 30th, 2007 Categories: Famous Silver Spring People, Silver Spring Neighborhoods, Takoma Park Real Estate, silver spring real estate
Romance Novelist Nora Roberts aka J.D. Robb grew up in this adorable bungalow
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Silver Spring Md Famous People’s Houses – Lewis Black’s House
March 28th, 2007 Categories: Famous Silver Spring People, Silver Spring Neighborhoods, silver spring real estate
Childhood home of Lewis N. Black, grammy award winner,comedian and playwright
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house was built in 1953 and Lewis Black’s parents were the original owners. Born in 1948, Lewis was raised in this modest 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath Brick Rambler with an unfinished basement, located in the Burnt Mills Knolls subdivision of Silver Spring, Md zip code 20903. Black probably attended Burnt Mills Elementary School or possibly Cresthaven Elementary School within walking distance of this house. He most likely attended Eastern or White Oak Junior High School (anyone know for sure which one?) Lewis graduated from Springbrook High School in 1966. Black’s parents Samuel and Jeanette lived in this home up until the time they sold it in August of 2001. More about Black and his MySpace Page.
Some Lewis Black quotes about Silver Spring:
Tells people he lives in Washington D.C., “because he thinks anyone from Silver Spring, Maryland is a pussy.”
“Its only claim to fame is that it’s the largest unincorporated city in America. In other words, we were too lazy to govern ourselves. The town motto was, ‘I’d like to vote, but I don’t feel like driving.’” – Lewis Black
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2 Famous Pioneer Women were Neighbors in Silver Spring, Md
November 6th, 2006 Categories: Famous Silver Spring People, Silver Spring Neighborhoods, silver spring real estate
Rachael Carson, this pioneer activist stirred up controversy with her book “Silent Spring” She wrote the book in her house in the Quaint Acres Neighborhood of Silver Spring, Md. This fairly modest rambler with english basement was built in 1957 and sits on a heavily wood lot of a little over an acre. A Conservation park in Brookville and an elementary school in Gaithersburg are named after Carson. Rumor has it that Rachel Carson lived in a cape cod style home on Williamsburg Drive in the Woodmoor Subdivision of Silver Spring, Md 20901, many years before moving to her “Quaint Acres” house. If anyone has also heard this or can verify it, Please let us know!? Read the rest of this entry »
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