Baltimore Neighborhood Discussion Thread

[PeterSmith]

I know that technically downtown, Harbor East, Harbor Point, the Westside etc. are neighborhoods, but I am hoping this thread can open discussion on the Hampdens, Pigtowns, Highlandtowns, Poppletons, and Union Square-Hollins Markets around the city.
There are so many grandiose projects taking place in the city center that some of the less spectacular, but equally important, projects around the city’s neighborhoods get little airplay in the Baltimore Development News Thread.
For those of you interested in discussing and celebrating Baltimore’s 225 neighborhoods, welcome.

Below you will find a list of acceptable topics (taken from www.livebaltimore.com, not sure if all 225 are listed or even if that is an accurate number), feel free to speak your mind.

Abell
Allendale
Arcadia
Arlington
Armistead Gardens
Ashburton
Baltimore Highlands
Barclay
Barre Circle
Beechfield
Belair-Edison
Belair-Parkside
Bellona-Gittings
Berea
Beverly Hills
Biddle Street
Blythewood
Bolton Hill
Booth-Boyd
Brewers Hill
Bridgeview/Greenlawn
Broadway East
Broening Manor
Brooklyn
Burleith-Leighton
Butchers Hill
Callaway-Garrison
Cameron Village
Canton
Carroll-South Hilton
Carrollton Ridge
Cedarcroft
Cedmont
Cedonia
Charles North
Charles Village
Cherry Hill
Cheswolde
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere
Christopher
Clifton Park
Cold Spring Newtown
Coldstream - Homestead - Montebello
Coppin Heights
Cross Country
Cross Keys
Curtis Bay
Cylburn
Darley Park
Dickeyville
Dolfield
Dorchester
Downtown
Druid Heights
Dunbar-Broadway
East Arlington
East Baltimore Midway
Easterwood
Eastwood
Edmondson Village
Ednor Gardens/Lakeside
Ellwood Park
Evergreen
Evergreen Lawn
Fairmont
Fallstaff
Federal Hill
Fell's Point
Forest Park
Four By Four
Frankford
Franklin Square
Franklintown
Franklintown Road
Garwyn Oaks
Gay Street
Glen
Glen Oaks Glenham-Belford
Govans/Mid-Govans
Graceland Park
Greektown
Greenmount West
Greenspring
Grove Park
Guilford
Gwynns Falls
Hamilton Hills
Hampden
Hanlon
Harlem Park
Harwood
Heritage Crossing
Herring Run Park
Highlandtown
Hillen
Hoes Heights
Hollins Market
Homeland
Howard Park
Hunting Ridge
Idlewood
Inner Harbor
Irvington
Johnston Square
Jonestown
Joseph Lee
Kenilworth Park
Kernewood
Keswick
Kresson
Lake Evesham
Lake Walker
Lakeland
Langston Hughes
Lauraville
Levindale
Liberty Square
Little Italy
Loch Raven
Locust Point
Loyola/Notre Dame
Lucille Park
Madison East End
Madison Park
Mayfield
McElderry Park
Medfield
Medford
Middle East
Midtown Belvedere
Midtown Edmondson
Mill Hill
Milton-Montford
Mondawmin
Montebello
Moravia-Walther
Morgan Park
Morrell Park
Mosher
Mount Clare
Mount Holly
Mount Vernon
Mount Washington
Mount Winans
New Northwood
North Harford
North Roland Park/Poplar Hill
O'Donnel Heights
Oakenshawe
Oaklee
Oldtown
Oliver
Orangeville
Original Northwood
Otterbein Overlea
Panway/Braddish Avenue
Park Circle
Park Heights
Parklane
Parkside
Parkview/Woodbrook
Patterson Park
Patterson Place
Pen Lucy
Penn-North
Penrose
Perring Loch
Poppleton
Purnell
Radnor Winston
Ramblewood
Reisterstown Station
Remington
Reservoir Hill
Richnor Springs
Ridgely's Delight
Riverside
Rognel Heights
Roland Park
Roland Springs
Rosebank
Rosemont
Rosemont East
Sabina-Mattfeldt
Saint Agnes
Saint Helena
Saint Joseph's
Saint Paul
Sandtown-Winchester
Seton Hill
Sharp-Leadenhall
Shipley Hill
South Baltimore
South Clifton Park
Stonewood-Pentwood-Winston
Taylor Heights
Ten Hills
The Orchards
Towanda-Grantley
Tremont
Tuscany-Canterbury
Union Square
Uplands
Upper Fells Point
Upton
Villages of Homeland
Violetville
Wakefield
Walbrook
Waltherson
Washington Hill
Washington Village - Pigtown
Waverly
West Arlington
West Hills
Westfield
Westgate
Westport
Wilson Heights
Wilson Park
Winchester
Windsor Hills
Winston-Govans
Woodberry
Woodbourne Heights
Woodbourne McCabe
Woodmere
Woodring
Wyman Park
Wyndhurst
Yale Heights

[PeterSmith]

The East Baltimore Comprehensive Redevelopment Plan
The 215-acre area will accommodate two million square feet of research facilities, neighborhood retail, schools, recreation facilities, and a minimum of 1200 residences in both new construction and rehabilitated structures.






Very detailed layout of phase 1 of the East Baltimore Redevelopment

[PeterSmith]

Park Square Development (Poppleton Redevelopment)
Following an extensive selection process, La Cite Development has a fully negotiationed Land Disposition Agreement with the City of Baltimore. The overall project known as the Park Square Development is a large scale redevelopment of 32.94 acres of land in the Poppleton neighborhood of Southwest Baltimore.

Stats:
- 2.5 million square feet
- 1,700-1,800 housing units (including 293 rental units and 321 townhomes)
- 20 percent will be affordable housing, 80 percent will be market rate
- 100,000-200,000 square feet of commercial space
- The project will also include parking, municipal services, and green space.
- Multi-phase project
- Phase 1 will break ground in 2008
- Estimated cost of all phases is $200 million
- Expected completion in 2011

Renderings and more information can be found on www.lacitedevelopment.com. Maybe somebody who knows flash better than me can post them later on.

[PeterSmith]

Athena Square - Greektown
From the Ryan Homes website: Ryan Homes is pleased to introduce brand new townhomes in Greektown, a thriving residential and business neighborhood ideally positioned close to the dining, nightlife, entertainment, shops, and culture afforded by nearby Fell’s Point, Little Italy, Inner Harbor, Broadway, and The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Revel in the benefits of city living with a new spacious townhome including a rooftop deck that provides a stunning view of the downtown Baltimore cityscape. Interstate 95 is only two blocks away and provides easy access to Washington DC, White Marsh, and Towson. Each 20-foot wide townhome is generously appointed with today’s most desirable features, including 3 bedrooms, two and a half baths, rooftop deck, penthouse with optional wet bar, and 2,025 square feet of living space.

[PeterSmith]

Union Square-Hollins Market New Housing on Pratt Street
Southwest Visions is a non-profit developer working within the boundaries of the Union Square-Hollins Market Historic District to provide a mixed-income condominium community comprised of market rate condominiums and 25% affordable housing.
The project goal is to build 42-50 units using a combination of new infill housing and historic renovation. The design is to be sensitive to the current neighborhood residents and the historic context of the area. The project will incorporate sustainable design ideas, and try to be an economic generator for continued development in the neighborhood.

[Interestedreader]

Originally Posted by PeterSmith

Park Square Development(Poppleton Redevelopment)
Following an extensive selection process, La Cite Development has a fully negotiationed Land Disposition Agreement with the City of Baltimore. The overall project known as the Park Square Development is a large scale redevelopment of 32.94 acres of land in the Poppleton neighborhood of Southwest Baltimore.

Stats:
- 2.5 million square feet
- 1,700-1,800 housing units (including 293 rental units and 321 townhomes)
- 20 percent will be affordable housing, 80 percent will be market rate
- 100,000-200,000 square feet of commercial space
- The project will also include parking, municipal services, and green space.
- Multi-phase project
- Phase 1 will break ground in 2008
- Estimated cost of all phases is $200 million
- Expected completion in 2011

Renderings and more information can be found on www.lacitedevelopment.com. Maybe somebody who knows flash better than me can post them later on.

Tried to add the renderings but the red X's showed up. Maybe someone else can do this. Click on the flash image and a pop-up in jpeg format comes up. The URL is provided.

[Interestedreader]

Uplands should be included in here and Park Heights is on its way.

[sdeclue]

Great idea for a thread. Those townhouses look great and will certainly add to the neighborhoods while also keeping in mind the architecture of those areas.

[Huck]

Originally Posted by Interestedreader

Tried to add the renderings but the red X's showed up. Maybe someone else can do this. Click on the flash image and a pop-up in jpeg format comes up. The URL is provided.

Here is an attempt:



This one is creepy!

[StevenW]

Wild!!!

[PeterSmith]

Originally Posted by Interestedreader

Uplands should be included in here and Park Heights is on its way.

You're right, here is some info on the Uplands:

Uplands Development
A master plan for the Uplands site was created by national award winning design and market analysis firms with the full engagement of the surrounding community. The master plan calls for the development of 1,146 new units. Preliminary market studies indicate that the total project site can support 215 rental units and 931 for-sale units for a mix of incomes. The plan is urban and the housing types are modern, including small-lot singles, row houses and duplexes, grand four-plex “mansionettes”, and rental and for-sale multi-family buildings of higher density along Edmondson Avenue. The development scale and product mix are strongly supported by a market analysis that revealed significant regional demand for an urban neighborhood housing product distinct from the suburbs. The creation of a new neighborhood of attractive homeownership opportunities will stabilize the surrounding communities and help to revitalize the local retail corridors. Construction of the new housing will begin in 2008. The project is expected to proceed in several phases and be completed by 2013. Total projects costs are estimated to exceed $300 million.

For all other information, please consult this 80-page report: http://www.baltimorehousing.org/inde...masterplan.pdf

[PeterSmith]

The Poppleton redevelopment is the most exciting to me right now. Like Harbor East/Harbor Point, Canton Crossing, Westport, etc. it's attempting to create a high-density neighborhood, but unlike those projects, it's not attempting to be a "second downtown."

It's high-density, it's got a lot of green space, it's got a lot of retail space...hopefully one day the Red Line will run through the area...this project has a lot of potential and it should be exciting to see it get underway. There aren't a whole lot of neighborhoods in Baltimore, if any at all, that resemble what Poppleton has the potential to become.

[StevenW]

So, between 2008 to 2013, all of these bio parks and housing should be complete?

[PeterSmith]

You know, Steven, I'm not sure. The more I read on these developments, the more it appears that the information is outdated. There have, however, been articles written in the Baltimore Sun and the Daily Record on many of these developments in the past year and a a half. I know that both biotech parks are underway, but I think they are both far from finished. I'm not sure to what extent any other revitalization has taken place in the area, however. I'm not sure if any of our forumers live out that way, but it would be great to get some photos..if there is anything to photograph yet. I'll shoot the developers some e-mails and see what I can find out.

[PeterSmith]

Another project that I am having difficulty finding information on is the Barclay redevelopment. Telekesis Corp. was awarded the rights to redevelop over 300 rowhomes in Barclay for moderate to low-income families. Apparently, plans were moving along well when a number of the homes burned down in a fire last summer. Since that time, I haven't been able to find a whole lot. The redevelopment of 285 of those homes was supposed to begin late this year, but I have no idea where that project stands right now?
Anyone know?

[chromebowler]

There are currently plans for developing the empty parcel of land in Washington Hill between Orleans and Baltimore St and Wolfe and Washington. I'm not sure how to pull the renderings for you to see, but you can see them at the following link:

http://www.cbre.com/USA/US/VA/Tysons...washingtonhill

I think right now they are looking for investors, so who knows if this will be the final product, but I do expect good things from this spot.

[MasonsInquiries]

wow, 1700-1800 units from the poppleton development? great news for a city that's definitely on the rise.

Originally Posted by Interestedreader

Uplands should be included in here and Park Heights is on its way.

i kind of figured a massive change was about to happen in park heights, but i didn't want to assume. i've noticed how they have a couple of new buildings in that area: 1) 21st century self-storage, 2) magna training center, 3) harry & jeanette weinberg men's center, and 4) jai medical center. i can't wait to see what the city has in store for the park heights renaissance. it should be interesting.

[MasonsInquiries]

Originally Posted by chromebowler

There are currently plans for developing the empty parcel of land in Washington Hill between Orleans and Baltimore St and Wolfe and Washington. I'm not sure how to pull the renderings for you to see, but you can see them at the following link:

http://www.cbre.com/USA/US/VA/Tysons...washingtonhill

I think right now they are looking for investors, so who knows if this will be the final product, but I do expect good things from this spot.

great find, chromebowler!! it's gonna' be called "the gateway at washington hill". here's the info:

The site is located in the City of Baltimore and is composed of three city blocks bounded by Orleans Street on the north, Baltimore Street on the south and Wolfe Street and Washington Street on the west and east respectively. The Owner has received PUD approval for the development of 240,000 square feet of office space, 60,000 square feet of retail space, 714 multifamily units and 72 townhomes, for a total of 1,261,900 buildable square feet .

The close proximity of The Gateway at Washington Hill to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fells Point, downtown Baltimore and the Inner Harbor presents investors a rare mixed use development opportunity.

The northern portion of the site is currently being leased to Johns Hopkins as a staging area for the construction of a cardiovascular and critical care facility.






here's the details for parcels a, b, & c..............
Parcel A: 60 townhome units
Parcel B: 10,000 s.f. of retail, 372 residential units, and 12 townhomes
Parcel C: 50,000 s.f. of retail, 240,000 s.f. of office, & 342 residential units

[jamie_hunt]

Originally Posted by chromebowler

There are currently plans for developing the empty parcel of land in Washington Hill between Orleans and Baltimore St and Wolfe and Washington. I'm not sure how to pull the renderings for you to see, but you can see them at the following link:

http://www.cbre.com/USA/US/VA/Tysons...washingtonhill

I think right now they are looking for investors, so who knows if this will be the final product, but I do expect good things from this spot.

If I'm reading this correctly, it appears the owner of the site--Capital Development LLC's David Holmes--is looking to cash out on the property. i.e., sell for someone else to develop. The drawing is just to show what's possible under the PUD for the site. Holmes is probably (hopefully) turning his efforts toward the Marketplace at Fells Point.

[MasonsInquiries]

like you said, let's hope this is the case. i'm starting to like this development better.