Neptune's beautiful new building

Nearly everyone in DC that has been to Gallery Neptune's new location in the renewed PeriPoint Building in downtown Bethesda, Maryland keeps telling me what an amazing transformation has taken place.

Not only has PeriPoint applied to become Bethesda’s first Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design building as certified by the US Green Council, but let me be the first to say that award winning architect Michael Belisle AIA should easily win whatever architectural award is given to gallery designers. PeriPoint is located at 5001 Wilson Lane, at the busy crossroads of Wilson Lane, Old Georgetown Road, Arlington Rd. and St. Elmo Avenue.

The corner site has been a landmark in Bethesda since 1927, serving first as the Sanitary Grocery store, later as USO Headquarters during World War II, and most recently as a vacuum repair shop. Today, the 80-year-old structure has been renewed, embracing the 21st century while maintaining the defining geometry of the building’s early 20th century shell.

It is absolutely gorgeous inside and out, from the cool lightning to the even cooler hollow storage/wall units and even the balcony addressing the busy street corner below.

Michael Belisle and Elyse Harrison's labor of love shows, and the new gallery is easily among the most beautiful in the Greater DC area, and also (as far as I know) the only "green" one around here, and maybe even in the entire nation.