Name of Trip:  Glen Echo Park

Date: Sunday, April 9

Time: 9:00 a.m. carpool or 10:00 a.m. meet at Glen Echo Park. 

Location: 

7300 MacArthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, MD 20812
Phone & Recorded Info: 301-634-2222

Carpool Location/Time:  Depart the Giant parking lot at 8750 Arliss St., Silver Spring, at 9:00 a.m.  Map of Carpool Location

Overview: 

Come with us to visit Glen Echo Park, formerly a historic amusement park and now an arts and dance park. There are many relics left from the old days, but also current displays of photography and other art works. 

One of the Washington areas local treasures, the historic Glen Echo Park Dentzel Carousel was installed at the Park in 1921.  The Spanish Ballroom, built on the site of an earlier dance pavilion called the Crystal Ballroom, was inspired by Spanish mission architecture and includes 7,500 square feet of dance floor.  Many of Glen Echo Park’s buildings and design elements were influenced by Art Deco, a design style characterized by bold, linear symmetry and references to sleek, streamlined machinery.  Art Deco represented elegance, glamour, functionality, and leisure, and was especially appropriate for the modern rides of amusement parks.

Don’t forget the yurts! (sculpture & pottery)

Link: Glen Echo Park 

Leaders: Phil Boyer & Andrew Rein

Cost:  Free

Directions:

From the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495), take exit 40 on the outer loop or exit 41 east on the inner loop. Take Clara Barton/Cabin John Parkway to the MacArthur Boulevard/Glen Echo exit. Make a left onto MacArthur Boulevard. Cross Goldsboro Road and then make a left onto Oxford Road where you will see the Park’s main parking lot.

Ideas on lunch:

After our visit we could go to a number of local lunch places. The group can vote when we break for lunch. Some ideas:

• Praline Bakery & Bistro, Bethesda https://www.yelp.com/biz/praline-bakery-bethesda-2
• Wild Tomato, Cabin John https://www.yelp.com/biz/wild-tomato-cabin-john