Leaked!!! The Real Inner Harbor Master Plan

There was no shortage of groans and eye rolls yesterday when the Baltimore Sun ran a story on the city’s Inner Harbor Master Plan. People are fed up with good reason. Not only has the city ignored all good sense and pressed forward with the Harbor Point TIF, now they want to build a ‘world […]

A Word About the Santoni’s Closing

It was unfortunate to hear in yesterday’s news that Santoni’s supermarket is closing up after 83 years in business. Growing up near Dundalk, about halfway between two Santoni’s locations, it was a regular stop for the Chop’s family growing up (although not as regular as Mars). We’ve got those old blue collar roots, and when […]

Take The Transit Challenge: An Invitation to Baltimore’s Elected Officials

The Baltimore Sun yesterday published an article titled Redesigning Baltimore: Planners envision new development among mass transit stations. In it the Sun’s Yvonne Wenger describes some of the finer points of a large overhaul of zoning regulations that the city is now considering. One of those finer points is transit-oriented development, which really made us […]

What’s Happening To Baltimore Bike Party?

We mentioned on Friday that we had mixed feelings about the police presence at Baltimore Bike Party. Let us be clear now: those feelings are no longer mixed. According to the BBP Facebook page the city has demanded that all riders stop at all red lights during the ride. The organizers and (for the most […]