Baltimore City Paper

Maryland Considers New Eminent Domain Laws

Although a flurry of new bills would restrict eminent domain powers, Baltimore city officials support the practice, which resulted in successful projects like the Inner Harbor.
20 March 2006 - 6:00am
Baltimore City Paper

Drugs Too Much For Urban Pioneers

Inner-city Baltimore rehabbers couldn't contend with the local drug market, yet they believe the city's Selling City-Owned Property Efficiently led just as much to their departure.
18 March 2006 - 9:00am
Baltimore City Paper

Biotech In, Residents Out?

For over four years, longtime residents of Baltimore's Middle East neighborhood have been threatened with eviction in the name of high-tech business development.
25 February 2006 - 5:00am
Baltimore City Paper

Car-less In Baltimore

Over 205,000 Baltimore residents don't own cars -- 32 percent of the city's population -- leaving many 'lost' and vulnerable to any Katrina-like disaster.
19 February 2006 - 9:00am
Baltimore City Paper

'Green Harbor', Urban Ecotopia

The alter-ego of the Inner Harbor's 'hardscape', Baltimore's nearby Middle Branch harbor is set to become a model sustainable neighborhood, complete with hiking trails and alternative energy sources, if developers' visions go according to plan.
1 February 2006 - 6:00am
Baltimore City Paper

Death In The City

There were 269 murders in Baltimore City in 2005, after a 1999 campaign promise by Mayor Martin O'Malley to reduce the number to 175. What do so many homicides do to a city's psyche?
20 January 2006 - 9:00am
Baltimore City Paper

Grass-Roots City Redevelopment in Baltimore

A neighborhood group in Baltimore fights out-of-town developers for city contracts to rehab houses, arguing that it does a better job of meeting the community's needs.
11 May 2005 - 1:00pm
Baltimore City Paper

Tax Thy Neighbor

A Baltimore group looks to increase neighbors' taxes in order to push them out and develop the neighborhood.
17 April 2005 - 1:00pm
Baltimore City Paper

Can Crime Be Considered An Epidemic?

An East Baltimore neighborhood has become so violent that one activist wants federal funding for the "epidemic."
3 February 2005 - 2:00pm
Baltimore City Paper

Is Licensing Street Performers A Good Solution?

Would a city ordinance that regulates the bleak street performing scene in the City of Baltimore be an impetus for its growth and enliven the city streets? Or would it have a crippling effect?
9 February 2004 - 10:00am
Baltimore City Paper

Rouse Will Not Tolerate Rabble-Rousers

The developer bans a street performer on its property for making an offensive comment.
25 November 2003 - 11:00am
Baltimore City Paper

Pornography And Urban Renewal

Could Larry Flynt's new Hustler Club in Baltimore generate a vibrant new commercial district?
23 November 2003 - 7:00am
Baltimore City Paper

Follow The Yellow Brick Road

Baltimore seeks to lure tourists deeper into the city with an historical path modeled after Boston's Freedom Trail.
24 October 2003 - 2:00pm
Baltimore City Paper
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