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Win a book if your kitty’s a Dewey look-alike – Baltimore Sun

Carson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:08:02 +0000

Win a book if your kitty's a Dewey look-alike
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Eddie is a rescue – found in Pigtown when he was only two weeks old – alone and in the remains of a torn-down rowhouse. He weighed only a pound when I got …

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Low-cost legal advice: Cheap Trick Thursday – Baltimore Sun

Carson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:08:02 +0000

Low-cost legal advice: Cheap Trick Thursday
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Lawyers from the program also meet with clients in Brooklyn/Curtis Bay, Washington Village/Pigtown, Cherry Hill and the University of Maryland School of …

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Low-cost legal advice: Cheap Trick Thursday – Baltimore Sun

Carson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:08:02 +0000

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DISPATCHES FROM PIGTOWN — A neighborhood refuses to back down – Investigative Voice

Carson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:08:01 +0000

DISPATCHES FROM PIGTOWN — A neighborhood refuses to back down
Investigative Voice
A prostitute named Heather lingers on the 1200 block of South Carey Street in the Pigtown neighborhood of South Baltimore. …

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My “Zestimate” is finally going back up!

Carson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:15:03 +0000

Zillow estimates are far from a reliable indicator of your home’s worth. I know that. You know that. But it is still depressing getting an email from them every month saying my home has lost value. My house wasn’t worth anywhere near $240k in January and it’s probably worth a little more than the $168k it’s at now.

Here is my previous entry from January when my Zestimate was at it’s peak. Note that the embedded chart is dynamic and updates itself every month.

Owners save money , sometimes with the help of experts such as a … – Baltimore Sun

Carson — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:10:02 +0000

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Owners save money , sometimes with the help of experts such as a …
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Their task: working from the bottom up, to install siding on the back of the first floor of this Pigtown rowhouse. "Sept. 30 was the first time I picked up a hammer," said Gaither, a service technician at Mercy Medical Center. …

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The potential Pigtown bar takes a tenatative step forward – Baltimore Sun

Carson — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:50:52 +0000

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The potential Pigtown bar takes a tenatative step forward
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While I was away, a couple of you asked about the bar in Pigtown that Jason Zink (Don't Know Tavern, No Idea Tavern) was thinking about opening. If you're new to the saga, this and this should bring you up to speed. The idea, which was first leaked on …

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Delectable Ethiopian fare at Elfegne – Baltimore Sun

Carson — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:06:37 +0000

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Delectable Ethiopian fare at Elfegne
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Elfegne also acts as a de facto community center for the residents of Washington Village (aka Pigtown). It opens at 7 in the morning for breakfast (Kidanewolde will have been there for hours already, making homemade injera, the fermented Ethiopian …

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Q&A: Outer Harbor Initiative – Baltimore Sun

Carson — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:06:37 +0000

Q&A: Outer Harbor Initiative
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And those would be Pigtown–or Washington Village/Pigtown–McElderry Park, Brooklyn-Curtis Bay, and the South Baltimore neighborhoods of Mount Winans/Lakeland and Westport. The main reason is to stabilize and revitalize communities–to make sure that …

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Auction results in Pigtown and the story behind them

Carson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:01:46 +0000

The owner of the Green Pig building on Washington Blvd also had big plans to renovate an entire block of Reinhardt Street. The Green Pig building itself was supposed to become a vegan restaurant with a yoga studio above it. Both projects were supposed to be examples for green rehabs in the City, at least according to the owner and this article in the Urbanite.

None of this really worked out. The Green Pig has sat untouched since this article came out. It was sold in September of ‘08 and although I’ve seen workers there a few times, I’m not sure what the new owner’s plans are yet.

The block of Reinhardt Street met a similar fate. I believe a few of the houses were actually completed but had trouble selling. The rest were just recently auctioned off by AJ Billig. All five were sold in a lot for $190,000, results here.

There’s a lot more I’d like to say about this, but since this is my professional blog I should probably keep my mouth shut. It’s not my place to say what businesses should or shouldn’t come to the neighborhood. I also can’t really weigh in on how much gentrification is a good thing. But if I see any of you at the Pigtown happy hour next Friday, we can talk then. Cheers!

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