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June 2019
Public Listening Session on Maryland LGBTQ History in Baltimore
Preservation Maryland will host a public forum and listening session about LGBTQ history in Maryland on Thursday, June 13, 2019, 5:30PM-7:30PM at Chase Brexton Health Center in Baltimore City. Everyone is welcome to attend and are encouraged to come prepared to discuss local spots, like libraries, bars, churches, clinics, and private homes, that have been important in their own lives and to the lives of LGBTQ people in Maryland.
Find out more »Mount Vernon Place and the Washington Monument: Monumental City Tour
Mount Vernon began as a country estate for Revolutionary War hero John Eager Howard and grew to be the place to live for Baltimore's rich and famous in the mid-nineteenth century. The Garrett family, owners of the B&O Railroad, the Walters, founders of the Walters Art Museum, and the Thomases, owners of Mercantile Bank, are among the families that built handsome mansions along the four parks that surround the Washington Monument. The recent renovations to the two-hundred-year-old Washington Monument are…
Find out more »Federal Hill Beyond the Views: Monumental City Tour
Baltimoreans celebrated atop Federal Hill when we ratified the U.S. Constitution. We fortified the hill to defend the city from the British in the War of 1812 and to make sure we stayed in the Union in the Civil War. We have even tunnelled under it! Join us on a tour of Federal Hill and the surrounding neighborhood to learn about this waterfront community’s rich history, including stops at one of the last wooden houses in the city, the oldest…
Find out more »Stonewall Uprising Turns 50: Celebrating LGBTQ Heritage in Mt. Vernon
50 years ago to the day, New York’s LGBT community rose up to protest a police raid at Greenwich’s Village’s Stone Wall Inn. We are celebrating this critical turning point in the nation’s struggle for LGBT rights with a tour through our own Mt. Vernon neighborhood to learn about pioneering residents who shaped Baltimore’s educational institutions, founded Baltimore’s first black LGBT church and more. We’ll end at Flavor. You bring the conversation and we will pick up the tab for appetizers!
Find out more »July 2019
Request for Proposals: Howard and Fayette Street Properties
The Baltimore Development Corporation has released a Request for Proposals for properties at Howard and Fayette Streets in the Market Center National Register Historic District and the Five and Dime Baltimore City Historic District. Download the RFP on the Baltimore Development Corporation website. The dates and times for pre-proposal conference for these properties are Friday, April 5 at 12:00 p.m. and Friday, May 3 at 12:00 p.m. (group should meet at 206 W. Fayette Street).
Find out more »Request for Proposals: Lexington and Howard Street Properties
The Baltimore Development Corporation has released a Request for Proposals for properties at Lexington and Howard Streets in the Market Center National Register Historic District and the Five and Dime Baltimore City Historic District. Download the RFP on the Baltimore Development Corporation website. The dates and times for pre-proposal conference for these properties are Lexington and Howard on Friday, April 5 at 10:00 a.m. and Friday, May 3 at 10:00 a.m. (group should meet at 201 W. Lexington Street).
Find out more »Mount Vernon Place and the Washington Monument: Monumental City Tour
Mount Vernon began as a country estate for Revolutionary War hero John Eager Howard and grew to be the place to live for Baltimore's rich and famous in the mid-nineteenth century. The Garrett family, owners of the B&O Railroad, the Walters, founders of the Walters Art Museum, and the Thomases, owners of Mercantile Bank, are among the families that built handsome mansions along the four parks that surround the Washington Monument. The recent renovations to the two-hundred-year-old Washington Monument are…
Find out more »Request for Proposals: Development Opportunities in Upton, Coldspring and Waverly
Note: The deadline for all four RFPs has been extended from Thursday, June 20 to Tuesday, July 23, 2019. The Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) issued its Spring Requests for Proposals (RFPs) this week offering key sites for future development in the neighborhoods of Upton, Coldspring and Waverly. The multiple RFPs are seeking redevelopment plans for the following sites: 4701 Yellowwood Road (14,924 square feet of developable space on 3.69 acres of land) – formerly the…
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