There was a huge fire Monday morning at Carroll Park in Pigtown. Luckily, it wasn’t the Carroll Mansion as some people initially thought. Turns out it was the bath house. This is still a substantial loss for local little league teams. They were supposed to start up soon, but instead lost their offices and equipment in the blaze. I wonder if the City will rebuild. I love the park and during the season play softball there every week. I used to play basketball there frequently too. Two years ago they added four more hoops and last year the football field was improved as well. But the park still has all of the problems of the city in general. If you look closely, it’s not hard to find needles, condoms, vials, etc. Not to mention guys on dirtbikes and homeless guys passed out on the bleachers. Hopefully the City will keep investing in the park and we will see continued improvement.
I’m going to try to stop by the park this week, maybe tonight on my way to check out a house in Morrell Park that’s up for auction. In the meantime, check out WJZ for video of the fire and aftermath:
The rumors are flying over on the Midnight Sun’s blog this week about a well known Baltimore bar owner opening up a new spot in Pigtown. Here is the first post that got it all started. 90 comments later, the mystery man identified himself (Jason Zink of No Idea Tavern fame) and laid out a few more details in this post. I guess he just couldn’t ignore the groundswell of support.
I’ve put in my two cents. If you want Jason to open a bar in Pigtown, make sure to comment on the Midnight Sun’s blog. Let him know what you would want to eat, drink, pay, listen to, etc. It seems like Jason is using the Midnight Sun’s audience as some sort of focus group, so let’s show him that Pigtown would support his efforts.
If you’ve never been to his other bars, check them out:
Let’s just say this guy knows what he’s doing, but is wary of investing money in a neighborhood like Pigtown. He doesn’t think there is enough foot traffic — even with the nearby medical school and stadiums — to bring in a steady …
Just three days after the Washington Village Development Association posted their YouTube video on the vacant Save-a-Lot, Fox 45 picked up on the story as well. You can watch it here.
It’s a good piece, they even mention our YouTube video. The part about the homeless lady with the dog who “keeps the property clean” makes us look a bit heartless. But I think Sebastian has the right attitude. We just wish they had somewhere else to go. This property should be put to greater use than providing temporary shelter for the homeless.
A few days after the Fox 45 piece aired, the owners had the shrubs removed from the back of the Save-a-Lot and the homeless were removed from the property. This is a good first step, hopefully we can keep the pressure on and help force a deal to a reputable developer. Good job all around!
Q&A: Alco Baltimore City Paper, MD And I liked that a lot, so I would spend a lot of time in Highlandtown and Pigtown, because it was all related. If you lived in Highlandtown, you knew somebody in Pigtown. That's where a lot of the inner-city poor white kids lived, and that's when I …
Warning: I am about to be branded as a huge snob. But this is just wrong: You don’t buy a signet ring from J. Crew. It’s not even engraved and they don’t engrave it for you. They get all giddy about having J. Crew’s name inside the ring …
My home town of Swindon is where it’s at on the 6th & 7th of March. I’m bangin’ out some dubstep at rehab nightclub on the Friday with Caspa and then heading across the road to Suju Saturday to see one of my favorite tech dj’s Smokin’ …
Peter Hermann | Baltimore Crime Beat Baltimore Sun, United States - Feb 4, 2009 His former house in Pigtown was burglarized three times. They took two television sets, his suits, watches and two laptop computers. …
The Washington Village Development Association just put out a new video calling out the owners of the Save-A-Lot building. The neighborhood desperately needs that building sold and actually developed. Having the most attractive location in the neighborhood function as an impromptu homeless shelter is killing commercial investment in the neighborhood. And without a viable main street, the residential real estate market is stuck in limbo as well.
Take a look at the video and hear first hand from residents how this one property effects the community. Give the owners a call, send them a letter, pass this story along to a writer you know, or just spread the word to your network by writing your own post about it or posting the video on your Facebook. Every little bit helps,
