The three-part vision to revitalize the intersection of Park and North avenues with row house murals, a greener lot, and a reimagined bus stop took a big step toward realization on June 10 with a virtual community input session for the murals.
On May 6, Maryland recorded 28,163 coronavirus cases and as many as 1,437 deaths associated with the disease. But on that very same day, a healthy and joyful Sara Murnane marked her 90th birthday at her home on Park Avenue, looking out on a fountain that she cherishes.
For generations of Bolton Hill residents and MICA students the Mt. Royal Tavern has served as an introduction and rite of initiation into the neighborhood community.
After a 12-week opening hiatus the Downtown Farmers’ Market situated under the south end of the JFX Expressway finally opened on June 14, the last of the city’s outdoor markets – and the biggest by far – to do so.
In June, with the city in June trailing the rest of the state in opening up from Gov. Larry Hogan’s original Stay at Home Order issued March 30, plans for re-opening schools in the area during the summer and fall terms are still a muddle.
Thursday, March 12, 2020 was an odd day at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.
In a city where homeless people, drug addicts and healthy young men with squeegees compete on corners everywhere for tips and attention, it is still jarring to this old man to see women among them – in the hot sun or rain, begging.
Several Bolton Hill residents work every year to beautify and improve our neighborhood. Some of them work on a specific project or effort that merits special recognition, and at this year’s virtual BHCA membership meeting, they were recognized.
Most of us know the basics about recycling, like our neighborhood curbside collection is always on Fridays, unless a Friday is a holiday, when it’s picked up on Saturday.
It is hard to stay cheerful more than two months into the COVID-19 Maryland shutdown, especially if you are among the thousands who have lost love ones or employment or have had to shut down your business. We have tried here to construct a glass-half-full version of related events. Embrace it if you can.
