Architect of Bolton Square townhouses dies
The architect who designed the award-winning Bolton Square townhouses as part of a 1960s Bolton Hill neighborhood revitalization program has died after a bout with COVID-19.
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The life and times of John Street Park
“As a park, it’s an impertinence. Who ever heard of a park seven row houses wide, enclosed rather sketchily by low brick walls?” That is how Sara Azrael in 1958, writing for the Roland Park Company’s Gardens, Houses and People magazine, characterized the little Bolton Hill garden now known as John Street Park.
Linden Park Apartments provide seniors independent living
The renovated, attractive building now known as Linden Park Apartments at 301 McMechen Street (between Jordan Street and Eutaw Place) is a contemporary reminder, if anyone needs one, of a time when pragmatic politicians of different parties worked together to do things that had a lasting, positive impact.
Committee formed to review Bolton Hill’s historic public markers
BGE will begin major gas line work in Bolton Hill in the first quarter of next year, part of what BGE dubs “Operation Pipeline”.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s time in Bolton Hill
Although he spent most of his early years in St. Paul, MN, the famous Jazz Age author F. Scott Fitzgerald has strong biographical connections to Maryland, and more specifically, strong personal connections to our Bolton Hill neighborhood.
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.
Tour Baltimore architecture and history with Doors Open
Doors Open Baltimore is the free annual citywide festival of architecture and neighborhoods that invites thousands of people to explore the city and make meaningful connections to the built environment.
Ceremony honoring veterans Nov. 11 set for park near the armory
A Veterans Day Program will be held on Wed., Nov. 11 at 11:00 am in Congressional Medal of Honor Park on Bolton Hill’s southern edge.
BCHA begins review of historic markers in the neighborhood
In July the Bolton Hill Community Association launched an initiative to review public historic markers in the neighborhood.