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Hot House: In Idyllic Sabina-Mattfeldt, a rare, renovated farmhouse

Hot House: 5521 Mattfeldt Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209 Cedar shingle farmhouse in Sabina-Mattfeldt, circa 1900, with front porch and back deck, completely and recently renovated. Two bedrooms, one bath over three stories, 1,905 sq. ft with basement. Hardwood floors throughout. New Pella windows. Open living/dining room area, new kitchen with stainless appliances opens to family room […]

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Developer eyes demolition of two historic mill houses in Woodberry to make way for new apartments

Jill Orlov got a bad feeling last week when she saw a demolition contractor surveying the outside of 3511 and 3513 Clipper Road, a combined 19th-century historic stone building. Orlov, an architect-turned-artist, said she approached the contractor to ask what was being planned for the mill home. “I think it’s coming down,” he responded, Orlov […]

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Q&A: Comptroller Peter Franchot slams ‘corrupt’ culture of Annapolis, talks booze laws, State Center, school funding and more

Peter Franchot pulls no punches when discussing his Democratic colleagues in Annapolis. During the late 1980s, in his first years spent representing Takoma Park and Silver Spring in the Maryland House of Delegates, he says he was “ecstatic when someone came and told me 15 minutes before everybody else what I had to vote on […]

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Tuesday Morning Headlines: How Baltimore’s Luxury Apartments Are Wooing Tenants; Excel Academy Suffers Seven Student Murders in 15 Months; and More

Shots Fired At Police During Robbery Downtown — CBS Baltimore Grief Has Become Routine for Students at Baltimore School — The New York Times Baltimore pizza place puts ‘s***hole country’ statement on menu — Fox45/ABC7 Baltimore’s luxury apartments woo tenants with robots, a Bermuda cruise and free rent — BBJ Not All Monuments Are Created […]

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With mill homes’ demo off the table, preservationists and neighbors call for new apartments to reflect ‘Woodberry flavor’

The developer behind a new four-story apartment complex coming to Woodberry has bowed to calls from neighbors and preservationists to incorporate a pair of 1840s stone mill homes into the building’s design. But at a Tuesday night meeting at Itineris, organized by the Woodberry Community Association, locals aired remaining concerns about exactly how those homes will […]

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Wing Dam’s Sara Autrey opens Get Shredded Vintage shop in Charles Village

The Facebook profile photo for Get Shredded Vintage is the store’s proprietor, Sara Autrey, dressed in a retro yellow top with black-and-white streaks and blue-rimmed shades, her head covered in streamers that resemble the glow and translucence of bubbles. It’s surprisingly evocative of the store, which opened for business today offering an eclectic and fun […]

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Bills advance to designate two new historically protected districts on downtown’s west side

While replete with vacant properties in 2018, stretches of downtown Baltimore’s west side served as a hub for shopping and other commercial activity throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Now, after years of failed attempts by developers and others to revamp the area, city lawmakers are considering two sections for Baltimore’s portfolio of protected historic districts.

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Hot House: Mt. Vernon Storefront With Pink Flamingos Cameo Asks $150K

Hot House: 233 W. Read Street, Baltimore, 21201 MD Triangular brick townhouse, circa 1900, with storefront. First-floor shop with trapdoor access to full, unfinished basement with half bath. Second-floor living room/kitchen. Third-floor full bath and bedroom. About 552 sq. ft. aboveground. Separate side entrance to living space. Good condition, all systems up to date. Forced […]

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