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Progress on “Park Ave Unity” improvements
Landscape architecture firm EnviroCollab hosted a second community input session on Nov. 5 to solicit feedback on a pair of possible designs for the lot at the southeast corner of Park and North Avenues, one of several gateways to Bolton Hill.
Pedestal Gardens redevelopment: more concentrated poverty?
Residents of nearby Madison Park and Marble Hill have enlisted City Councilman Eric Costello to mediate conversations with the Boston-based owner and non-profit redeveloper of the 207 units that make up Pedestal Gardens, the aged former public housing complex on Eutaw Place’s west side at McMechen Street.
Meanwhile, at the Old Strawbridge Church…
In the February version of The Bulletin, we wrote: Renovation is about to get underway at the former Strawbridge Methodist Church at 201 Wilson Street at Park Avenue.
Remembering Walter Sondheim alongside Rep. Cummings and Justice Marshall
Walter Sondheim, who died in 2007 at the age of 98, was a Bolton Hill native (1612 Bolton Street) and a Baltimore civic leader extraordinaire.
Pandemic will not stop Halloween celebration
On Saturday, Oct. 31st from 3 – 5 p.m., Sumpter Park will transition into a parade route for costumes of all ages.
McMechen Street repaving could start in a few days
The long-awaited resurfacing of McMechen Street between Mt. Royal Avenue and Bolton Street may be completed by the end of October, according to a city official.
Three residents lead survey of neighborhood parks
Beginning in July, Neal Friedlander, Doug Kelso and Lee Tawney undertook a census of the neighborhood parks and gardens and are doing an update to the city survey of tree wells, the spaces alongside sidewalks where trees exist.
Will residential recycling pickup resume in November?
After a month of spotty and missed pickups in our part of town, the Department of Public Works on Aug. 31 suspended the collection of recycling materials in residential neighborhoods citywide, citing absenteeism because of the COVID-19 pandemic.