Apr 16 2008
Baltimore City officials are again setting their sights on the revitalization of the Oldtown Mall just east of Downtown Baltimore.? While revitalization efforts have come and gone over the past several years, it seems as if the chances are better now than ever.? Nestled between downtown and the burgeoning Hopkins area, this area is prime real estate.? Reference March 4th Post.?
Read today’s Baltimore Sun Article
Apr 15 2008
The renovation of O’Donnell Square, in the heart of Canton, will supposedly begin this spring and will continue through the summer. The work will include the replacement of benches and curbs, and the addition of sod and shade trees.? Click here to view the plan.
Apr 15 2008
The Updated Key Highway Waterfront Study Draft was recently released.
? Download the PDF document - FYI it’s large 9MB.
Apr 14 2008
New retail? may be coming to a relatively dead area of downtown.? A new sign on the historic Baltimore Terminal Warehouse Building, currently home to Fort Knox Storage,? on the corner on Guilford Ave. and Pleasant St. advertises retail space.? The site, owned by RWN development was originally slated for construction of a new 60 + story tower.? However, due to various issues, that project has been delayed.? It seems as if RWN has some intermediate plans, including the opening of a new music venue “Bourbon Street Live”, while they wait out the delays.? One of setbacks to the construction of the originally planned tower was the demolition of the Terminal Warehouse Building which is undergoing review for historic preservation.? While a new skyscraper would have been nicer, new retail on the worn block will still be a welcome change of pace.? Stay tuned for more developments.
Apr 13 2008
I received a comment from a reader about my references to Locust Point. I assume the comment is in response to my posts, as it doesn’t indicate specifically. Apparently I don’t live in Locust Point; I live in (or is it on?) the “Hill.”
You keep calling us Locust Point. We are not Locust Point. Locust Point starts at the second bridge on Fort Ave. aka, railroad bridge. They keep moving towards us. We are the HILL or Harbor South, not Locust Point. The Shopping Center at Southside is not Locust POint, the Housing units on E. Fort Ave. are not Locust Point, they are the Hill, and not Federal Hill either. Stop saying something you have no idea as to what you are talking about. Our location the Hill runs from Riverside Ave, on the west , to 2nd bridge on the east , to R/R tracks on the south, to Key Hwy/water on the North., that is the HILL!!!!! We are not Federal Hill, we are definately not Locust Point, we are the HILL, period , end of story.
Okay, we don’t live in Locust Point. Got it, now it’s all clear to me. But wait, I’m confused again. Why does the Locust Point neighborhood sign sit at Fort Avenue and Lawrence. Not Fort Ave and the 2nd bridge? Why is the restaurant called L.P. Steamers, not Hill Steamers? Why does the Locust Point Civic Association (LPCA) define LP as bounded by Lawrence Street on the West? Why do several of the LPCA’s board of directors live west of the 2nd Bridge on Fort or Woodall? Why does the Riverside Neighborhood Association define it’s boundaries as bounded by Lawrence on the East?
Now I’m familiar with the saying “down the point” or “up the hill” referring to Locust Point vs. Riverside. But according to the boundaries drawn by the various neighborhood associations, the “Hill” doesn’t technically exist as a geographic boundary.
I agree that Southside shopping center doesn’t technically lie in Locust Point, but it’s close enough. I guess some would say it’s more a part of Riverside than LP, but it’s all semantics.
I’m happy to live in Locust Point, the Hill, Harbor South, Riverside, or anything else you want to call it. But I’d like some clarification. If anybody else sees anything else they want to correct me on, please do so; I’m always up for a little education.
Apr 10 2008
The Baltimore Business Journal reported a 22% increase in home sales between February and March in the Baltimore Area…up 47% from January.? Perhaps this is a sign that the market has finally hit bottom.? Click here to read the full article.
Apr 08 2008
Locally, Johns? Hopkins University? earned a respectable B- while the University of Maryland received a C+.
Apr 08 2008
Not development news, but I couldn’t resist:?
In barely more than six weeks, Henry Hager will have a new wife — Jenna Bush, as you may have heard — and a brand-new graduate degree in business. So presumably a new job is on the horizon?
According to a student at the University of Virginia’s Darden School, where Hager is in the final weeks of MBA study, Hager’s friends are buzzing that President Bush’s future son-in-law will be going to work for Baltimore-based Constellation Energy. Maryland’s largest power company declined to confirm or deny a hire, and both Darden officials and the White House declined to comment, but the chatter makes sense: Hager, 29, a former Karl Rove aide and Commerce Department staffer, interned last summer for another energy giant, ConocoPhillips, and more recently served as “VP for traditional energy” of Darden’s Energy Club, a pre-professional student group sponsored by . . . Constellation Energy.
Also: The betrothed couple has reportedly house-hunted in the Baltimore area, according to People. They’ll get hitched at the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Tex., on May 10.
Apr 06 2008
Joss Sushi Bar, the highly acclaimed sushi restaurant on Annapolis’ Main Street, has recently announced that they will be opening their second location in Baltimore this Spring.? The new location will be at 413 N. Charles St. in the Downtown Baltimore? area just? south of Mt. Vernon.? Joss Sushi Bar in Annapolis is Zagat rated and is considered by many to have the best sushi in Annapolis, if not all of Maryland.?
Apr 01 2008
After being closed for nearly a year, Hudson Street Cafe in Canton will reopen under new ownership within the next couple of months.? The new owners have installed a small kitchen and will be serving food, something the old Hudson Street Cafe lacked.? Hudson Street Cafe is located at 2624 Hudson St. across from the Canton Safeway parking lot.
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