Last week, we shared stories about the inaugural Heart of the 4th Music & Arts Festival’s postponement; dining options at JHU’s new Homewood Student Center; Dan Rodricks’ thoughts about too much pavement and not enough trees; restoration work at Asbury House; and a new bakery opening at The Rotunda.

Revisit the stories here:

Mayor Brandon Scott (left) and Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway (right).

Baltimore’s Heart of the 4th festival postponed as mayor and councilman clash: Originally scheduled for June 19, the inaugural Heart of the 4th Music & Arts Festival has been postponed.

Johns Hopkins University's new Student Center building is nearing completion. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.
Johns Hopkins University’s new Student Center building is nearing completion. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.

Johns Hopkins University will get six dining options when new Student Center opens on Homewood campus: The new Student Center will feature a full-service restaurant and branches of several Baltimore favorites.

The growth of e-commerce and the closing of retail stores have diminished the need for massive parking lots like this one in eastern Baltimore County. Credit: Dan Rodricks

Dan Rodricks: Too much pavement, not enough trees, as shopping habits change: Dan Rodricks draw “a direct line between giant parking lots — acres of hard, impervious surfaces — and flooding, stormwater and the ugly, polluted water that pours into the Chesapeake Bay.”

Scaffolding goes up on Asbury House, next to historic Mt. Vernon Place Church. Photo by Ed Gunts.

Asbury House restoration begins following sale of Mt. Vernon Place Church parcel: Restoration work began last week at Asbury House, part of the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church parcel that was sold on July 10.

Baker Keiller Kyle and his wife, Nadire Duru, stand outside Ovenbird Bakery. Photo courtesy Ovenbird Bakery.
Baker Keiller Kyle and his wife, Nadire Duru, stand outside Ovenbird Bakery. Photo courtesy Ovenbird Bakery.

Ovenbird Bakery is opening a branch at The Rotunda: A soft opening was scheduled for this past weekend, and the official opening will be on July 23.