A Slew Of TODs In Works For Baltimore

Light rail and subway lines are spawning a series of new developments.

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January 17, 2006, 2:00 PM PST

"Along a block of North Calvert Street, surrounded by crumbling and boarded-up rowhouses, homebuyers are shelling out $400,000 and more for luxury townhouses sprouting on the site of long-demolished buildings."

"None of the developments boast the water views that have sparked unprecedented booms in Baltimore and the region. But the projects all offer something else: access to mass transit."

"After decades of suburban sprawl, high-density transit-oriented development, or TOD - long a pie-in-the-sky vision among urban planners - is now hot. In Maryland, about $2.1 billion worth of transit-oriented projects are under way or in the conceptual stage as government officials and planners increasingly seize on the concept to spearhead redevelopment, and manage sprawl and traffic gridlock."

Read the full story: Mass transit has new curb appeal

Sunday, January 15, 2006 in The Baltimore Sun

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