tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.comments2023-05-30T11:46:47.597-04:00Baltimore SkylineCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16961915929645341404noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-82912081653197446252015-12-27T13:03:51.526-05:002015-12-27T13:03:51.526-05:00I really would love to see a line going from Feder...I really would love to see a line going from Federal Hill along S. Charles Street, stop at Pratt Street (Inner Harbor), all the way up to North Charles Street, making stops in Mt. Vernon, Penn Station, Johns Hopkins, Loyola, than veer off towards York Road making stops at Belvedere Market, Towson University, and ending at the traffic circle in downtown Towson. It would get a lot of use from both college students as well as residents looking to go from Towson to downtown Baltimore and vice versa.. I doubt this line will ever come to be but I think it would be very useful for a huge population in the city who currently rely on a terrible and slow bus network and/or uber drivers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537171297096777913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-28865263834813109382015-08-11T16:33:34.551-04:002015-08-11T16:33:34.551-04:00"Originally part of the plan" -- really?..."Originally part of the plan" -- really? When? I remember Glen Burnie making a big stink about the light rail, but never heard of Federal Hill being part of an original plan for metro....BusyBeingAwesomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215215431837369346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-47288194363824820992015-01-21T07:41:18.451-05:002015-01-21T07:41:18.451-05:00IMHO, Towson holds both the biggest promise and th...IMHO, Towson holds both the biggest promise and the biggest threat for a liveable Baltimore. By aspiring to be a sort of Bethesda-without-rail-transit, current leaders there are preparing to shoot the entire region in the foot culturally by creating out of whole cloth a luxurious place unconnected to anything. In doing so, they will push Baltimore away from the DC/Boston/Philly model (in which connectivity goes hand-in-hand with status) and toward the Detroit/Toledo/Akron model (in which life sucks because nothing is connected but hey, at least our local suburban apartment tower was once luxurious and is still mildly less crappy than the scaaaary stuff in the city.)<br /><br />That is not the path we want to be on as a region. It will put us at a disadvantage in attracting people, and it will put Towson at a disadvantage in attracting students.<br /><br />The school must nip that problem in the bud if it wishes to be a high-status destination school. School leaders should start a private fundraising drive to build a dedicated-right-of-way trolley from the school to Hunt Valley. By keeping it privately funded and Baltimore County-based, they could avoid both the usual NIMBYism and the usual cries of public waste that generally accompany such projects. <br /><br />This idea is both our best hope for remaining a transit-minded city and our best hope for building any part of the yellow line any time soon. If you know anyone who attends, teaches at or is an alumnus of Towson, please pitch the idea to them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-5255898142736158962014-03-29T15:28:25.594-04:002014-03-29T15:28:25.594-04:00These are very reasonable ideas, especially the ne...These are very reasonable ideas, especially the neighborhood wayfinding signs. I hope you're passing them along to the MTA, even if they have a history of not listening and acting on user comments. Maybe someday, someone will.TDhttp://www.nowebsiteforme.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-42179830385279954112014-03-13T17:22:53.841-04:002014-03-13T17:22:53.841-04:00"I believe that security and feeling safe to ..."I believe that security and feeling safe to ride would be the most important improvement"<br />You are either an idiot or someone who never rides the Light Rail. I take it all the time, day and night, and never feel unsafe on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-88504493447703558052014-03-13T14:07:05.236-04:002014-03-13T14:07:05.236-04:00I believe that security and feeling safe to ride w...I believe that security and feeling safe to ride would be the most important improvementAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-38828522751908778322014-03-13T12:59:10.719-04:002014-03-13T12:59:10.719-04:00Agree 100% on the signals- what other train stops ...Agree 100% on the signals- what other train stops for traffic??!!!! This might even be feasible- seems like something the city could take on. For the rest, good luck getting MTA to move on improving local transit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-61785065626473190002014-03-13T12:50:19.418-04:002014-03-13T12:50:19.418-04:00Baltimore once had a great light rail system which...Baltimore once had a great light rail system which we called streetcars. The only problem was that they ran down the middle of the street and every time one of them stopped all traffic behind it had to stop. If they would have just considered moving the tracks to the curbs I'm sure fewer people would have wanted to get rid of them. They were quiet, comfortable, fast and made almost no pollution. The light rail system in Denver travels through the downtown area quickly and with little interference to automobile traffic by traveling and stopping on the far right side of the streets in designated and separate lanes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-21250647746356670582014-03-13T12:31:02.592-04:002014-03-13T12:31:02.592-04:00A major problem with this system is the whining ne...A major problem with this system is the whining neighborhood activist NIMBY's and the environmental nuts. This is a city and not some lush suburban/rural paradise. The trains should go where people want to ride them an not around supposed obstacles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-79785328304011354042014-03-13T11:53:20.723-04:002014-03-13T11:53:20.723-04:00The central part of the light rail would have work...The central part of the light rail would have worked a lot better had it not been built on the cheap. There are a lot of aspects that were not fully thought out. The Hunt Valley extension is a great example, the link to Penn Station is another. Why they never figured a better way to connect there is beyond me. Not having a station near Ruxton was a poor choice. CBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16961915929645341404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-49650733127881172172014-03-13T11:19:56.891-04:002014-03-13T11:19:56.891-04:00The light rail was poorly conceived. To be of any...The light rail was poorly conceived. To be of any use it should have been placed on or near major roads. For example in the Cockeysville, Hunt Valley area, the rail should have gone up Beaver Dam road and looped down York Road. Without track expansion, it has become just another failed Baltimore transit project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-8937995483440085082013-04-09T06:13:55.603-04:002013-04-09T06:13:55.603-04:00Like the old photos.Like the old photos.cheap jerseyhttp://www.georuey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-5406827459483484072013-02-26T18:15:47.029-05:002013-02-26T18:15:47.029-05:00Welcome to blogland, Mr. Skyline !!!!!
I've ...Welcome to blogland, Mr. Skyline !!!!! <br /><br />I've discussed a lot of your same issues ad nuseum on my own blog, and you seem to have the right general idea about B'more transit. Which isn't hard, compared with the clueless MTA.<br /><br />Back in 2002 when they developed the current rail plan, the MTA made extending the subway north of Hopkins Hospital a project of equally high priority to their dumb Red Line. Then they studied it and determined it was not economically feasible because it required too much tunneling, but it's still in the regional 30 year plan to extend it to North Avenue, but no farther. <br /><br />A far more rational idea is to extend it eastward along the Amtrak tracks, where it can then be extended above ground almost anywhere (Dundalk, White Marsh, etc.) as I've discussed here:<br /><br />http://baltimoreinnerspace.blogspot.com/2010/06/say-it-again-heavy-rail-red-line-would.html<br /><br />The MTA is opposed to this of course.Gerald Neilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765375014163120449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-50506458374214909082013-02-12T11:15:14.908-05:002013-02-12T11:15:14.908-05:00While the red line is a nice to have, it really se...While the red line is a nice to have, it really seems to me that Baltimore's transit dollars would be much more efficiently spent in ideas like this, small projects that enhance and improve the existing system. From my point of view, none of Baltimore's transit systems work together. The Light Rail doesn't connect to the Metro, the Metro doesn't connect with MARC, and the MARC doesn't connect with the Light Rail anywhere but Camden Yards.<br /><br />An east-west transit option is nice, but the current red-line proposal has the same disconnection as everything else. Theoretically everything is connected by bus, but the bus system is barely functional at this point. I looked into getting from my house in Hamilton to Penn Station, and it would be over an hour by bus with no other options. That can't be reasonable.Chris Bingelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196391171665943213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-40663954181384905162012-11-26T15:42:14.095-05:002012-11-26T15:42:14.095-05:00And today is Cyber Monday. Shop small with etsy sh...And today is Cyber Monday. Shop small with etsy shops on sale.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293879428266981975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-46159748480417128902012-06-30T08:49:23.005-04:002012-06-30T08:49:23.005-04:00Good article making great points. Thanks for posti...Good article making great points. Thanks for posting this.Union Square Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254380328569626556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-39628426680202478252012-06-28T12:14:59.602-04:002012-06-28T12:14:59.602-04:00My wife and I are leaving the city after 7 years b...My wife and I are leaving the city after 7 years because of the schools, plain and simple. We can't afford to move to Roland Park, and the only decent school nearby is up to 8th grade only (Francis Scott Key).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-33031172910053283122012-06-01T16:17:35.057-04:002012-06-01T16:17:35.057-04:00Actually, what has been missing in all this is the...Actually, what has been missing in all this is the history of the past. Because we do not know the past, we continue to repeat it. <br /><br />This gentrification process occurring in Middle East Baltimore is the same process which occurred in the 1950's with the Broadway Redevelopment Project. Then more than 1000 families were displaced with no opportunity to return. After demolition of their homes, a dormitory for Hopkins students, apartments for Hopkins staff and doctors, a hotel, and retail targeted for the new residents were built. Two additional blocks were acquired by the city and sold to Hopkins for their future expansion. More families were displaced. All this after a plan presented to city hall and the planning commission was approved which promised affordable housing for residents forced to be displaced. The land sat vacant, there was a cry from the city that there was no money to build affordable housing anymore, and guess who swooped in to save the day? Yes, Hopkins! And wala, we had a 50-acre expansion of the campus as stated above.<br /><br />And yes, no one would have argued then or now, that the areas needed rebuilding. Yes, the area was also abandoned and disinvested by the city and the Hopkins community; through neglect of services and continuous buying and boarding by Hopkins until they were ready to demolish and expand. <br /><br />So we have been missing the causes of the 'eyesore' of poverty in these discussions. The current eyesore did not appear from neglect by residents only. The current eyesore has been decades in the making and will continue to exist in parts of Baltimore and other cities until there is real intention around rebuilding our disinvested communities. <br /><br />Tax breaks to powerful institutions and developers who swoop in and benefit from 'poverty zones' are not new to Baltimore. The current project in East Baltimore is not new to East Baltimore, Baltimore, or American cities. <br /><br />However what may be new, if continued with clarity and real intention around addressing poverty, is someone or some institutions having the backbone to stop this 'business as usual'. <br /><br />Think about it! <br /><br />Do you want to continue to see this same pattern of rebuilding disinvested communities where the powerful become more powerful and the least powerful become scattered and hidden from the eyes of the powerful- supposedly in the name of 'progress'.<br /><br />We need to spend some time knowing our history of community development so we can stop repeating the same thing- putting off the inevitable issue of the widening gap between the rich and the poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-70132719892004083002012-05-24T15:09:32.338-04:002012-05-24T15:09:32.338-04:00Often, the event organizers should have a comprehe...Often, the event organizers should have a comprehensive plan on how to clean up after the event is over. Would you like to have a bunch of overflowing portable toilets or restroom trailers at the event because the portable restroom rental company did not want to come service them? I don't think so. It's important to keep sanitation in mind, and this includes garbage!Restroom Trailerhttp://www.donsjohns.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-90495132455354233172012-04-23T01:38:02.006-04:002012-04-23T01:38:02.006-04:00Lowering Property Taxes
If you are a property own...<b><a href="http://www.easypropertytaxappeals.com/" rel="nofollow">Lowering Property Taxes</a></b><br /><br />If you are a property owner, you are required to pay property taxes every year. You have to pay taxes on your home and your vehicles. In order to determine how much money you pay in taxes, the county in which you live employs a tax assessor. The assessor's job is to determine the value of the property that is going to be taxed. They multiply that value by a certain percentage in order to come up with how much money you pay in taxes.jhonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00510115264560537439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-52818774012058250622012-03-01T20:59:17.874-05:002012-03-01T20:59:17.874-05:00It's about time something took the place of le...It's about time something took the place of legal seafood. It's a shame for a premium downtown space to be vacant so longmmmRamenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310284839682092671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-3888332347021702452012-01-18T12:56:26.138-05:002012-01-18T12:56:26.138-05:00Love the pictureLove the pictureclogloditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07566720951950426262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-23163560734980438882011-12-10T21:00:30.470-05:002011-12-10T21:00:30.470-05:00love the photoslove the photosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-18411234131612323902011-12-05T23:34:49.922-05:002011-12-05T23:34:49.922-05:00My father ate at the House of Welsh when he was in...My father ate at the House of Welsh when he was in med.school. He took me. I ate there often when I was at the Sunpapers. I took my son. He ate there....<br />A tragic to a family and to the city!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390766212407593672.post-16388154281887056652011-12-03T12:53:45.191-05:002011-12-03T12:53:45.191-05:00Does anybody know if this land will be developed?Does anybody know if this land will be developed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com