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Welcome
to The COMSAT Legacy Project, COMSAT Laboratories Building Resource.
It appears that the new owner, Lantian Development, is contemplating what to do with the property.
I have heard the prospect of the building being raised is once again possible. This page
was assembled to provide people with the necessary information to best defend the building.
It is, at the very least, a way to commemorate the building and the fight for it's survival.
Podcasts
Podcast By César Pelli
on culture NOW - Art Architecture & History
Peservation Resources
COMSAT Laboratories - Maryland Historical Trust
National Register of Historic Places form
COMSAT Laboratories Historical Significance
COMSAT Building
Montgomery Preservation, Inc.
Judith Christensen, Director
director@montgomerypreservation.org
Chronological set of articles
Who picked the Labs address?
This was a question posed to COMARA members in an email on November 6, 2010. Read the responses from COMARA members. A number of ideas are
included.
COMSAT lab developed history
Feb. 16, 2005
Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Commission vote favors historic designation for Comsat
Apr. 20, 2005
Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Duncan supports razing of Comsat
June 1, 2005
By Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Duncan: Follow Floreen's example
letter to The Gazette
By Kathie Hulley
June 14, 2005
Early Cesar Pelli Building Threatened with Demolition
Readers seek help for preservation emergencies
By Ms. Joey Lampl
Architectural Historian/Preservation Planner
June 21, 2005
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Preservation911
Comsat, in Danger of Coming to Earth
By Benjamin Forgey
June 25, 2005
Planners get bevy of letters on Comsat status
July 6, 2005
Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda
July 7, 2005
Planning Board: Comsat building not worth preserving
July 13, 2005
Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
COMSAT: A national treasure
July 22, 2005
Jack and Kathleen Hendricks, McConnellsburg, Pa.
Clarksburg: Lesson for all communities
Aug. 2, 2005
Kim Boughan and Patrick Boughan
Once again, residents give officials their Clarksburg wish list
Aug. 10, 2005
Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Advocates: Fight for Comsat on
Aug. 17, 2005
Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Comsat Labs: Paradise lost?
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005
By Bill McNamara
Comsat: Envision it as a learning magnet
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005
By Doug Tanner
With it almost gone, a look back at 2005
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005
By Susan Whitney-Wilkerson
The Gazette
Montgomery County Planning Board work-session-2-10-2006 [doc]
By Gwen Wright, Historic Preservation Supervisor
Countywide Planning Division
February 10, 2006
Montgomery County Planning Board work-session-2-10-2006 [pdf]
By Gwen Wright, Historic Preservation Supervisor
Countywide Planning Division
February 10, 2006
Lawsuits may force Comsat to council
by Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006
Comsat's fate in hands of council
by Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006
Montgomery County Historic Preservation Commission [PDF]
the Preservationist
Spring 2006
Preservation Maryland Phoenix: "Modernist Masterpiece in Peril" [PDF]
Preservation Maryland
Volume XXIIV, No. 1, Spring 2006
Help plan new uses for Comsat site in Clarksburg
by Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Architect Pelli Joins Effort To Save Comsat Building
By Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 5, 2006
Comsat: Renew or raze?
The Washington Times
Friday, June 9, 2006
County Council risks its credibility with refusal to evaluate COMSAT building
by Wayne Goldstein
The Montgomery Sentinel - "Federation Corner" column
June 15, 2006
COMSAT Laboratories: It may not be old, but it’s historic
by David S. Rotenstein, Ph.D., Silver Spring
The writer is commissioner of the Montgomery County Historic Preservation Commission.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Preserving Maryland's COMSAT Building
By Rob Goodspeed
July 10, 2006
Comsat letters seek another shot
by Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
The past imperfect
By Timothy B. Wheeler
The Baltimore Sun
January 20, 2007
Pelli Building Won't Be Razed
Developer Will Work Around Architect's Modernist Structure
By Miranda S. Spivack
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Washington Post Staff Writer
Plan set to save Comsat building
Out of the spotlight, developer and community agree on plan
by Susan Singer-Bart
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007
Long Killebrew drives and satellite orbits
By John Kelly
May 28, 2011
The Washigton Post
Long Killebrew drives and satellite orbits (archived here)
By John Kelly
May 28, 2011
The Washigton Post
A César Pelli Building in Clarksburg Could Get Torn Down
"Historic preservation is a major third rail in Montgomery County real estate."
By Miranda S. Spivack
February 26, 2015
WASHINTONIAN Magazine
Clarksburg Comsat campus sells for $11.5M
By Jeff Clabaugh
Broadcast/Web Reporter, Washington Business Journal
Dec 2, 2015, 11:22am EST Updated Dec 2, 2015, 11:31am EST
COMSAT Campus Changes Hands
Bethesda-based Lantian Development has acquired the 204-acre COMSAT Campus in Clarksburg, MD for $11.5 million in an
all-cash transaction.
By LHB Communications
Dec 4, 2015 5:36 pm ET
Clarksburg campus may become site for pharmaceutical research
By Paige Jones
December 16, 2015
Frederick News-Post
Where My Comsat?
February 2, 2016
By ED GUNTS
The Architect's Newspaper
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich's Statement on Governor's Removal of Corridor Cities Transitway From State Transportation Plan
For Immediate Release: Tuesday 24 September
Release ID: 19-023
MontgomeryCountyMD.GOV
Montgomery County Government
$828M Montgomery County project aimed to ease congestion 'officially deleted'
Published: 2:38 PM EDT September 24, 2019
Author: Pete Muntean
WUSA9
'We're dying up here': Montgomery Co. transportation project in serious jeopardy
September 25, 2019, 11:22 PM
Michelle Basch | @MBaschWTOP
WTOP
Gazette.Net
Maryland Community News Online
Archives
1997-2005
2006-2015
Current Building Owner
Clarksburg Comsat Site - Lantian Development
Development Review [PDF]
Development Review [pptx]
Survey of COMSAT Laboratories campus
SURVEY DATE: AUGUST 17, 2015
César Pelli - Architect of Clarksburg COMSAT Building
César Pelli, celebrated architect of sweep and harmony, dies at 92
By Brian Murphy
Friday, July 19, 2019 at 10:49 p.m. EDT
About César Pelli (Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects)
About César Pelli (Pacific Coast Architecture Database)
About César Pelli (Wikipedia)
About César (Antonio) Pelli (archInform)
César Pelli - Great Buildings Online
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (César Pelli, Fred W. Clarke, Rafael Pelli)
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
email:
contact@pcparch.com
Home Office:
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
1056 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: 203-777-2515
Fax: 203-787-2856
email:
InfoNH@pcparch.com
The team that Built COMSAT Laboratories, Clarksburg, MD (started 1967)
Over time, this page will expand to
provide more and more resources as they become available.
If you know of any articles that are not on this page, please email me ASAP! -
Steve Teller
The COMSAT Legacy
Project
is an organization formed for the single purpose of
preserving the history and accomplishments of the COMSAT corporation for
posterity. All comments, suggestions and offers of assistance will be most welcome.
Please contact me.
Steven L. Teller
President
COMSAT Legacy Project
19813 Leitersburg Pike
Suite 138
Hagerstown, Maryland 21742
TEL: (301) 892-6256
E-mail:
Steve Teller
Email: teller@comsatlegacy.com
Phone: (301) 892-6256
Fax: (651) 691-2940
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