The future of State Center is once again up for consideration
State Center redevelopment is back in the news.
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Penn Station builders want support for train station renovation
Are you breathlessly awaiting the long-overdue expansion and redevelopment of our shabby Penn Station? Now there is something you can do to try to move the massive project forward.
National Park unit honoring Thurgood Marshall would be near Bolton Hill
The National Park Service has begun a study which could lead to the creation of a nearby urban national park to honor Thurgood Marshall.
Howard Tunnel project could start late summer near our neighborhood
The long-awaited rebuilding and expansion of the Howard Street freight railway tunnel could begin as soon as late summer. Stretches of Mt. Royal Avenue on the edge of Bolton Hill and the North Avenue Bridge that heads east to Station North will be affected by the massive, $466 million project.
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.
After a COVID delay, talks of renovating 1700 Eutaw building renew
In March 2020, the attorney and architect representing the New York-based investors who own 1700 Eutaw Place—the large and longtime vacant apartment building just to the north of Eutaw-Marshburn Elementary School—introduced plans to renovate the building.
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.
More townhouses in latest iteration of Madison Park North development. Construction in 2021?
Developers of Madison Park North, the mixed office-residential retail development at 700 North Avenue in the works for four years now, say they are giving up on the office building component of the project.