by Pat Reber | Oct 26, 2017 | 50th Anniversary, Community News
More than 100 residents and special guests turned out on the balmy October 21 evening for the annual NMC Board Open House that culminated our 50th Anniversary celebrations, with wine, beer and food aplenty. Beyond the nonstop visiting among neighbors, a world map game...
by NMC | Oct 17, 2017 | 50th Anniversary, Community News
Rockville City saluted New Mark Commons Monday night, October 16, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, one of the highlights of this event-filled week surrounding our celebrations. John Daroff, President of the New Mark Commons Homes Association, received the...
by NMC | Aug 19, 2017 | 50th Anniversary
Here are profiles of two additional large-scale planned communities for whom New Mark’s developer, Ed Bennett, named NMC streets: Harlow Court and Basildon Circle. Harlow, UK: The second of British New Towns after WW II, Harlow was planned in 1947. It is about 22...
by NMC | Jul 22, 2017 | 50th Anniversary
The first article in this series, below, provides a brief introduction to the concept of Garden Cities and New Towns. Most of New Mark’s streets were named by its developer, Ed Bennett, after these large-scale planned communities. Radburn, New Jersey: Radburn is a...
by NMC | Jul 10, 2017 | 50th Anniversary
The question of how New Mark Commons got its name has never been fully resolved, apart from references to the idea that it represented a “new mark” on the landscape. But the addition of Esplanade to our main street certainly provided an international ambience to the...
by Pat Reber | Jul 9, 2017 | 50th Anniversary
Sally Guardia, a “New Mark Original” who moved into 100 NME in 1971, has leveraged her appreciation of the lakeside setting of her home with her knowledge of nature, artistic eye, and skilled photography. We will be publishing photos from Sally and other New Mark...
