FORMER ARLINGTON ROAD POST OFFICE - BETHESDA CONSTRUCTION UPDATE (PHOTOS)

Is this a Greek temple rising on the former site of the much-missed Arlington Road post office? No, it's a stick-built residential building going up. Which means the garage parking is above-ground, rather than underneath the building. We hope these piles of offerings will be pleasing to the gods, nevertheless.

The finished building will house 140 luxury apartments, and 7000 square feet of retail. For that retail, there will be a generous 35 parking spaces. One artist rendering showed 3 retail units on the building's ground floor: a boutique, and two restaurants.

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Nope, no drive-thru
mail drop boxes here...

Aerial view of Arlington Road
and EuroMotorcars

The cranes in the background
are actually for another project,
The Darcy condos at
Bethesda Row

That's Upstairs at Bethesda Row
in the background

Chutes and Ladders

Runners and cyclists pass behind
the construction site on the
Capital Crescent Trail