Baltimore City Paper

Sick of Speeding, Baltimoreans Deploy DIY Traffic Calming

Fed up with speeding cars, and a city bureaucracy seen as slow to respond to their complaints, residents and artists in Baltimore have taken it upon themselves to remedy the situation by creating their own traffic calming measures.

December 30, 2013 - 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.

March 20, 2006 - 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.

March 18, 2006 - 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.

February 25, 2006 - 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.

February 19, 2006 - 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.

February 1, 2006 - 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?

January 20, 2006 - 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.

May 11, 2005 - Baltimore City Paper

Tax Thy Neighbor

A Baltimore group looks to increase neighbors' taxes in order to push them out and develop the neighborhood.

April 17, 2005 - 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."

February 3, 2005 - 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?

February 9, 2004 - Baltimore City Paper

Rouse Will Not Tolerate Rabble-Rousers

The developer bans a street performer on its property for making an offensive comment.

November 25, 2003 - Baltimore City Paper

Pornography And Urban Renewal

Could Larry Flynt's new Hustler Club in Baltimore generate a vibrant new commercial district?

November 23, 2003 - 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.

October 24, 2003 - Baltimore City Paper

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