Town Center, Columbia, Maryland
Town Center is one of the ten villages in Columbia, Maryland, United States, first occupied in 1974.[1] It is a non-contiguous, diverse area, and the most urban-like, ranging from multi-level high density apartments homes and office buildings, to single family homes.[2]
The six residential neighborhoods in the village include Amesbury Hill, Banneker, Creighton’s Run, Lakefront, Vantage Point, and Warfield Triangle.[2]
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Names and history [edit]
Vantage Point is in the tract patented by John Dorsey as Dorsey's Adventure in 1688. The name comes from a poem by Robert Frost, and the street names are from Frost and William Cullen Bryant.[2] It contains a house, Historic Oakland, built in 1811 by Charles Sterrett Ridgely. The Town Center village offices are in Historic Oakland. Oliver's Carriage House, a stable built by Robert Oliver, is on the grounds and is currently home to Kittamaqundi Community, a non-denominational religious congregation.[2]
Amesbury Hill was originally set aside as an estate area for Rouse Company executives and was part of the Mercer Tract. Mercer Tract was owned by the parents of Lucy Mercer, the personal secretary to Franklin Delano Roosevelt.[2] Creighton's Run, developed in 1979, was named for the boss of the construction company.[2]
Banneker was first occupied in 1992, named for Banneker Road. The road was named for Benjamin Banneker.[2][3]
In 1998 the first apartments were occupied in Warfield Triangle, named for Governor Warfield Parkway, in turn named for Governor Edwin Warfield.[2][3]
Vantage House is a Life Care Retirement Community and opened in October 1990.[2]
Services and entertainment [edit]
The lakefront of 27-acre (110,000 m2) Lake Kittamaqundi with the Columbia Association's office and the iconic People Tree sculpture, is the heart of the village, and the whole town. The lake's name is a Piscataway Indian word meaning meeting place.[4] In the summer, the Columbia Association offers live entertainment and/or movies daily at the Kittamaqundi lakefront.[5][6]
The Mall in Columbia, a large shopping and entertainment mall, is located within Town Center.[7]
References [edit]
- ^ "Map", columbiavillages.org, accessed May 30, 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Town Center", towncenter.columbiavillages.org, accessed May 30, 2009
- ^ a b "How Streets were Named and other Interesting Facts", columbiamaryland.com, accessed May 30, 2009
- ^ "Lake Kittamaqundi", columbiamaryland.com, accessed May 30, 2009
- ^ Cooper, Rachel."Columbia's Lakefront Summer Festival Movies", dc.about.com, accessed May 30, 2009
- ^ "Columbia Lakefront Festival", lakefrontfestival.com, accessed May 30, 2009
- ^ "The Mall", themallincolumbia.com, accessed May 30, 2009
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