Pedestal Gardens, the collection of substandard low-income apartments on both the east and west sides of Eutaw Place, apparently once again has been sold – adding new uncertainly to long-standing plans and hopes for redevelopment and the construction of mixed-income housing there.
The past year has been a period of planning and fundraising for the lot renovation at the southeast corner of Park and North Avenues, all part of a project to rejuvenate the space between Bolton Hill and Reservoir Hill called Unity@Park Avenue.
Nearly eight years after developers David Bramble and Mark Renbaum announced their intention to build market-rate townhouses, apartments and offices off North Avenue near Bolton Hill’s northern border, construction has begun on an initial strip of residences facing Park Ave.
The city planning department’s late February open house for nearby residents to provide input on what to do with the soon-to-be-abandoned 18-acre State Center on Bolton Hill’s south border was, some would say, a nothing-burger.
More than a year after former Gov. Larry Hogan agreed to transfer Maryland’s 28-acre State Center tract over to Baltimore City, city planners have selected an urban designer to start preparing a master plan to guide redevelopment of the property.
After six years of work and about $140 million in mostly federal and state funds, Druid Hill Lake Reservoir is back in full operation — providing covered and treated fresh water for Bolton Hill and hundreds of thousands of other residents and businesses in the city, Baltimore County and beyond.
The company that owns the Sav-A-Lot grocery on McMechen Street has acquired the strip mall and has leased out the two long-vacant shops to new businesses that will open in 2024.
In 2019, Unity@Park Avenue was hatched as a vision to transform the south side of the intersection of Park and North Ave. into an appealing space for pedestrians and bus riders as well as an attractive gateway to Bolton Hill and Reservoir Hill.
Over the summer representatives from BHCA, Madison Park Improvement Association and Historic Marble Hill have met with city and state housing authorities and elected officials to make the case for rejecting the current developer’s plan for renovating Pedestal Gardens apartments.
Representatives from Madison Park and Bolton Hill have met with City Council member Eric Costello and are enlisting Sen. Antonio Hayes (D-40th district), in their shared effort to re-connect with the Boston-based developers TCB.
