Photo courtesy of www.gaithersburghistory.com
Photo courtesy of Google Earth
In these photos we see what the Rio/Crown part of Gaithersburg looked like well before the development in the area.
In the older photo (www.gaithersburghistory.com), you’ll see Sam Eig’s Washingtonian Tower standing tall without much around it.
In the newer photo you see all of the development in the area in recent years.