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MobtownManiac · December 5th, 2007, 05:13 PM

The city used to do a tree install program, but I've heard that now you have to do the sidewalk excavation yourself. A month or two back there was an article in the Guide about how they were giving trees away for free...

You might want to ask CHiCA.

I've got a tree in front of my house & it's the only one on the block. I've already talked to several neighbors about getting together to rent the saw/jackhammer in the spring & getting a few more trees on the street.

Incidentally, Dixon's street-improvements are impressive & far-reaching. We've had each corner curb on our street replaced with handicapped accessible ramps & new curbs. The curb reconstruction on Eastern Ave. stretches all the way out to I-95. I've never seen this much attention paid to city streets at a single time.

DemolitionDave · December 5th, 2007, 08:23 PM

The best way to do it is to use a Stihl cut saw. That way you don't have to worry about overbreak.
And be very judicious in what kind of tree you plant. You don't want one whose roots are eventually going to tear up the adjacent sidewalk and you don't want one that is going to drop crap all over your car.

jamie_hunt · December 5th, 2007, 08:31 PM

... or poke peoples' eyes out, the way those danged cherry trees on Charles above Saratoga used to. Beautiful trees, but I was glad to see those b******s go. Also, avoid bradford pears, as they tend to drop limbs unexpectedly when they approach maturity. And they only last about 30 years.

scottbbfm · December 5th, 2007, 08:43 PM

I think Dixon is doing a great job. So what if she's tied up in some ethical inconsistencies. It doesn't seem like anything more than any other politician. Its the name of the game, its not like she's being accused of embezzling huge sums of money.

Most importantly, things seem to be getting done that directly affect me.

TheGlobalizer · December 5th, 2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by PeterSmith

I agree. I was a little skeptical about Dixon at first, but I've been quite satisfied with the way she's tackled the job. Granted, things could always be better, but I like her taking-it-one-small-step-at-a-time approach, as opposed to gunning right for the prime time issues.

When Dixon first came to office, a few of the forumers here suggested that they would like to see Dixon take on issues that could be accomplished in her short term, and it seems like she has done just that. One forumer specifically mentioned the arena - we've seen how that is coming along. We've also got all the beautifying and streetscaping we could ever ask for. We're moving forward on improving our environment. Hopefully, we'll take a few steps ahead with regards to transit and reducing crime. If Dixon continues on this path, Baltimore should be a much better place to live at the end of her term than it was at the beginning. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Oddly, I find myself agreeing with you. I've always been a vocal anti-Dixon guy, but she hasn't given me much to complain about. I'll take the shady business dealings if it's a net winner for Bmore.

RavensFan0606 · December 5th, 2007, 09:07 PM

anyone going out and getting some snow shots of Bmore?

TheGlobalizer · December 5th, 2007, 09:18 PM

It's all you, brother. I'm keeping warm.

BaltoSteve · December 5th, 2007, 09:18 PM

Mayor Dixon reminds me in some ways of Schaeffer's do it now/sticking to the basics formula that kept the populace relatively happy.

30 Floors Up · December 5th, 2007, 09:30 PM

Legal Sea Foods to shut doors on Inner Harbor location

Baltimore Business Journal - by Julekha Dash Staff

Baltimore's Legal Sea Foods restaurant will close this month, after nine years at its downtown location. The restaurant chain's lease at 100 E. Pratt St. expires this year and executives' lease negotiations for a new Pratt Street location fell through after a year of talks.

The Baltimore Business Journal reported in August that executives at the Boston-based restaurant chain had been looking at a spot one block west of its current location at 1 E. Pratt St., known as the Verizon Building.

Brian Hunt, a principal with the building's Boston developer Griffith Properties LLC, declined to comment. Restaurant executives are scouting the Baltimore area for another location. The expanding company operates more than 30 eateries and will open a new restaurant in Atlanta in June 2008.

jamie_hunt · December 5th, 2007, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BaltoSteve

Mayor Dixon reminds me in some ways of Schaeffer's do it now/sticking to the basics formula that kept the populace relatively happy.

Interesting.

A former city employee who worked with him said Schaefer was legendary for spotting things amiss—a trashy lot, abandoned car, etc.— while driving around town and calling the relevant city bureaucrat with a message calculated to stir action along the lines of "I saw trash on this lot. It better be cleaned up next time I go by." But he wouldn't tell the bureaucrat where the lot was.

He was also something of a visionary, or at least able to see what the visionaries were seeing and make it happen.

Bummer about Legal. Enjoyed eating there; the location was much nicer than even the one in Boston near the Aquarium.

southbalto · December 5th, 2007, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGlobalizer

It's all you, brother. I'm keeping warm.

I'm headed over to canton tonight (on bike). I'll try to get a few.

If anyone is interested, Victoria Vox is playing at Tyson's Tavern tonight. She's got some pipes.

vivo · December 5th, 2007, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by scando

Just how can any survey of walkable cities NOT have New York as number 1? Wow. Almost anybody who is physically able walks to some extent. Tourists go there to walk. Street vendors, buskers and endless retail make that happen. People who walk nowhere else, walk in New York. The study mentioned well developed transit as being important...what city has more rail transit? As for multiple destinations, again, who is even on the same level? I would agree with San Francisco, Boston and DC as being NEAR the top but somethings askew if NY isn't number one.

>>Which neighborhoods in the Baltimore area would you consider walkable? Mount Vernon? Federal Hill? Hampden? Let us know.<<<

Inner Harbor, Harbor East, Federal Hill, Fells Point, Canton, Mt Vernon, Charles Village, Belvedere Square, Mt Washington, the West Side (emerging), Hampden all come to mind.

i think it's walkability for the metro area although say 100% of the nyc msa is walkable and 0% of non-nyc metro is that's still quite a %age.
dc has arlington, alexandria, bethesda, ss etc

BaltoSteve · December 5th, 2007, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jamie_hunt

I'm as fierce a Baltimore partisan as anyone in this forum, but it doesn't bug me much that the capital of the free world (whose administrative buildings are appropriately dispersed but need good links) gets more transit dough than we do.

I am all for keeping DC area up to snuff...but as a taxpayer I'd like my roads , transit etc kept up too. Take a drive up Rockville Pike then one down Broening Highway (a major street feeding the Port of Baltimore) and you get an idea of the inequity.

k25150 · December 5th, 2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BaltoSteve

I am all for keeping DC area up to snuff...but as a taxpayer I'd like my roads , transit etc kept up too. Take a drive up Rockville Pike then one down Broening Highway (a major street feeding the Port of Baltimore) and you get an idea of the inequity.

It's called where the tax base is and where to political money comes from.

NewBaltimore1980 · December 6th, 2007, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MasonsInquiries

yeah, true. but what else is new?

No matter if you like it or not. DC needs that Purple line more than we need the red line. I think the traffic in DC is about 1000x's worse than here.

MasonsInquiries · December 6th, 2007, 04:04 AM

i don't think none of us are denying that D.C. has more traffic issues. i'm just saying that the transportation issues around baltimore could be addressed in a more timely fashion than it currently is. the red line, for example, is a MUST for our evergrowing population. it's been proposed for, i think, forever? lol.

DrzBrooklynChulo90 · December 6th, 2007, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MasonsInquiries

i don't think none of us are denying that D.C. has more traffic issues. i'm just saying that the transportation issues around baltimore could be addressed in a more timely fashion than it currently is. the red line, for example, is a MUST for our evergrowing population. it's been proposed for, i think, forever? lol.

I COMPLETELY AGREE 100%

scando · December 6th, 2007, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MasonsInquiries

i don't think none of us are denying that D.C. has more traffic issues. i'm just saying that the transportation issues around baltimore could be addressed in a more timely fashion than it currently is. the red line, for example, is a MUST for our evergrowing population. it's been proposed for, i think, forever? lol.

If you want to get depressed about this, the Red Line, Purple Line and everything else, unfortunately are also being held hostage to money. In the recent special session the Gov and legislature patted themselves on the back for getting about 1/2 billion more for transportation. Unfortunately, when you add up all the things that need or should be done, including transit, bridges, highways, Marc trains, etc, that puts the State about 39 and 1/2 billion short over the next 15 years or so. No politician in his or her right mind is going to propose a 40 billion dollar tax increase or start putting a $5 till on the beltway. I don't think anybody in power has a clue as to how they will address this, but it's going to drive all of these decisions.

Eerik · December 6th, 2007, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BaltoSteve

I am all for keeping DC area up to snuff...but as a taxpayer I'd like my roads , transit etc kept up too. Take a drive up Rockville Pike then one down Broening Highway (a major street feeding the Port of Baltimore) and you get an idea of the inequity.

True, if you compare Rockville Pike to Broening Highway, there is a stark difference (as you noted, it is a gruff street which feeds Seagirt and Dundalk terminals) but there are plenty of streets and thoroughfares in the immediate DC that make Broening Highway look refined. I would say most of the inner suburbs along the Maryland and District line (Bladensburg, College Park, Cheverly, etc.) are a total mess…

As for priorities, it’s clear “Suburban Maryland” gets priority over “Central Maryland” not because of it being suburbs of the capital, but due to population. Today “Suburban Maryland” commands the voting power Baltimore once had in Annapolis. It’s the same in-state rivalry western and eastern regions of the state feel that Baltimore as a region yields over them.

baltimoreisbest · December 6th, 2007, 06:20 AM

As I noted the other day....

Protiviti Inks Deal at 1 E. Pratt

Company Is First to Sign at Newly Remodeled Office Building

Protiviti, an independent risk consulting and internal audit services provider, signed a 21,150-square-foot, 10-year lease term at One E. Pratt St. in Baltimore, MD. It expects to move into the building on May 1, 2008.

One E. Pratt St. is a 10-story, 342,736-square-foot office building that was built in 1977 with a remodeled common area and lobby upgrades.

Kimberly Penny and Kevin Wille of CB Richard Ellis represented the landlord, GF One East Pratt Street LLC. Mark Deering of MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services LLC represented the tenant.

===
They are currently located in the B&O Building. I guess this is a sign of the building's forthcoming hotel conversion...

December 5th, 2007, 08:31 PM	#203
jamie_hunt Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,356 Likes (Received): 10	... or poke peoples' eyes out, the way those danged cherry trees on Charles above Saratoga used to. Beautiful trees, but I was glad to see those b*****s go. Also, avoid bradford pears, as they tend to drop limbs unexpectedly when they approach maturity. And they only last about 30 years. Last edited by jamie_hunt; December 5th, 2007 at 08:51 PM.*

December 5th, 2007, 09:07 PM	#206
RavensFan0606 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Otterbein Posts: 113 Likes (Received): 1	anyone going out and getting some snow shots of Bmore? __________________ SUPPORT THE RED LINE

December 5th, 2007, 09:18 PM	#208
BaltoSteve Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Baltimore Posts: 454 Likes (Received): 0	Mayor Dixon reminds me in some ways of Schaeffer's do it now/sticking to the basics formula that kept the populace relatively happy. __________________ We wanna live in a dirty old town Building it up, tearing us down With our head in the clouds and our feet on the ground We wanna live - dirty old town Dirty old town David Byrne Self guided walking tours of Baltimore www.walkbaltimore.com

December 5th, 2007, 09:30 PM	#209
30 Floors Up (-8 Floors Down) = X Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,307 Likes (Received): 24	Legal Sea Foods to shut doors on Inner Harbor location Baltimore Business Journal - by Julekha Dash Staff Baltimore's Legal Sea Foods restaurant will close this month, after nine years at its downtown location. The restaurant chain's lease at 100 E. Pratt St. expires this year and executives' lease negotiations for a new Pratt Street location fell through after a year of talks. The Baltimore Business Journal reported in August that executives at the Boston-based restaurant chain had been looking at a spot one block west of its current location at 1 E. Pratt St., known as the Verizon Building. Brian Hunt, a principal with the building's Boston developer Griffith Properties LLC, declined to comment. Restaurant executives are scouting the Baltimore area for another location. The expanding company operates more than 30 eateries and will open a new restaurant in Atlanta in June 2008. Last edited by 30 Floors Up; December 5th, 2007 at 09:37 PM.

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December 5th, 2007, 05:13 PM	#201
MobtownManiac Charm City Ambassador Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Baltimore Posts: 190 Likes (Received): 0	The city used to do a tree install program, but I've heard that now you have to do the sidewalk excavation yourself. A month or two back there was an article in the Guide about how they were giving trees away for free... You might want to ask CHiCA. I've got a tree in front of my house & it's the only one on the block. I've already talked to several neighbors about getting together to rent the saw/jackhammer in the spring & getting a few more trees on the street. Incidentally, Dixon's street-improvements are impressive & far-reaching. We've had each corner curb on our street replaced with handicapped accessible ramps & new curbs. The curb reconstruction on Eastern Ave. stretches all the way out to I-95. I've never seen this much attention paid to city streets at a single time.

December 5th, 2007, 08:23 PM	#202
DemolitionDave Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 969 Likes (Received): 6	The best way to do it is to use a Stihl cut saw. That way you don't have to worry about overbreak. And be very judicious in what kind of tree you plant. You don't want one whose roots are eventually going to tear up the adjacent sidewalk and you don't want one that is going to drop crap all over your car.

December 5th, 2007, 08:43 PM	#204
scottbbfm Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Baltimore Posts: 312 Likes (Received): 0	I think Dixon is doing a great job. So what if she's tied up in some ethical inconsistencies. It doesn't seem like anything more than any other politician. Its the name of the game, its not like she's being accused of embezzling huge sums of money. Most importantly, things seem to be getting done that directly affect me.

December 5th, 2007, 09:18 PM	#207
TheGlobalizer Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 683 Likes (Received): 0	It's all you, brother. I'm keeping warm.

December 6th, 2007, 04:04 AM	#216
MasonsInquiries B-MORE than u strive for! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Baltimore/Columbia, Md. Posts: 2,259 Likes (Received): 0	i don't think none of us are denying that D.C. has more traffic issues. i'm just saying that the transportation issues around baltimore could be addressed in a more timely fashion than it currently is. the red line, for example, is a MUST for our evergrowing population. it's been proposed for, i think, forever? lol.

December 6th, 2007, 06:20 AM	#220
baltimoreisbest Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 313 Likes (Received): 0	As I noted the other day.... Protiviti Inks Deal at 1 E. Pratt Company Is First to Sign at Newly Remodeled Office Building Protiviti, an independent risk consulting and internal audit services provider, signed a 21,150-square-foot, 10-year lease term at One E. Pratt St. in Baltimore, MD. It expects to move into the building on May 1, 2008. One E. Pratt St. is a 10-story, 342,736-square-foot office building that was built in 1977 with a remodeled common area and lobby upgrades. Kimberly Penny and Kevin Wille of CB Richard Ellis represented the landlord, GF One East Pratt Street LLC. Mark Deering of MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services LLC represented the tenant. === They are currently located in the B&O Building. I guess this is a sign of the building's forthcoming hotel conversion...