Wilde Lake, Columbia, Maryland
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Wilde Lake is an artificial lake and a surrounding neighborhood, or "village", located in Columbia, Maryland. It was the first portion of the "New Town" of Columbia to be built during the late 1960s. The lake itself is named for Frazar B. Wilde, a past chairman of the board of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. In 1963, the company agreed to invest in the project and, in return, acquired an equity participation. This arrangement was subsequently formalized by the creation of The Howard Research and Development Corporation, the joint venture established to develop Columbia.
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[edit] Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods in the Village of Wilde Lake include: Bryant Woods (named for William Cullen Bryant), Faulkner Ridge (named for William Faulkner), Running Brook (where the streets are named for Robert Frost's poems and Aesop's Fables), and The Birches.
[edit] Services
The village center is located in the Wilde Lake Village Green, and has various small grocery stores, restaurants, and other retail establishments. The Wilde Lake Community Center is named Slayton House, which was named for John Slayton, first manager of the Columbia Association.
[edit] Education
Wilde Lake High School, alma mater of actor (and grandson of Columbia founder James W. Rouse) Edward Norton, is located in the Village of Wilde Lake. Wilde Lake High School's architecture includes skylights and a main street as well as a theater, The Jim Rouse Theater. The old design was oval and two stories, with a media center located in the center and accessible from the second level. The original high school was demolished in 1996 and new one constructed.
There is also a middle school in the Village.
[edit] Recreation
The Columbia Swim Center, which contains three indoor pools and a water slide called "Splashdown," is located in the village center.
The walking path around the 22 acre lake is 1.46 miles long.
[edit] External links
- Official site [1]
