Apr 28 2008
More Investment in Station North Arts District
The Daily Record reported yesterday that a group of investors hopes to redevelop the run-down North Ave Market in Baltimore’s Station North Arts District.? This plan will complement other recently announced development projects in the area, including a plan to create a new? Chinatown nearby.? From the Daily Record:
“In a part of the market where a retail clothing operation stood until about a year-and-a-half ago, a new bar called the Wind-Up Space is slated to open May 6. The bar will feature performances of independent music, art shows and film screenings.
The market’s main stall area, which was once home to the Sacred Zion Full Baptist Church, will be converted into an artists’ collective, featuring craftspeople from the Baltimore Glassworks and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, and a coffee shop and bookstore operated by the Baltimore Chop, Schechter said.”
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Forgive me if I’m wrong but isn’t thir North Ave. area the only remaining “bad” area separating Mount Vernon from Charles Village. All I know is when I drive up Charles street the neighborhoods are nice until you get near the North ave area and then you see blocks full of bricked up and boarded up houses. Then a few blocks later it starts getting nice again as you come into Charles Village. It would be great to see this are revitilized so the city isn’t divided as it is now. This reminds me of the roughly 10 blocks that were run down between downtown/little italy and Fells Point. That are is now Harbor East. What a great turnaround.
North Ave. actually has more stigma than problems. The blocks that span Station North, in particular, have a LOT of potential. There are so many huge vacant buildings here and so much could be done with them… As you go further east and further west, things get a bit more dicey, and you can thank the MLK riots for that. I live further down North Ave., and with all the development surrounding it, I am anxious to see what people start to do, because it really could become a great area.