Baltimore Grows

I managed to get a tour of the recently renovated Bromo Seltzer Tower.? The renovations were quite amazing, especially considering the shoestring budget which the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts and contractor Azola and Associates? had to work with.? The Bromo Seltzer Tower once housed the executives for the Bromo Seltzer Company.? The factory which once surrounded the building was torn down long ago and is now occupied by a Baltimore City Fire Station.? The tower was the tallest building in Baltimore for quite some time.? Supposedly, the huge bright blue bottle that used to sit on top of the building could be seen from as far away as the Eastern Shore, although I’m not too sure about that.

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The Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts (BOPA) are looking for artists to lease the studios in the building.? Currently the building is about 1/3 leased.? BOPA also is looking for a coffee shop to lease the lower level of the building.? The coffee shop would double as an art gallery for the buildings artists.? Visit www.bromoseltzerartstower.com? for more information.? Hopefully the building’s artists and visitors will add to the vibrancy of the downtown area and west side.