BUSINESS
By Edward Gunts The Baltimore Sun | May 2, 2010
Baltimore City Hall. The Hippodrome Theatre. Lloyd Street Synagogue. The Scottish Rite Temple. The Garrett-Jacobs Mansion. Those are just a few of the landmarks that might not be part of Maryland's landscape if it weren't for Baltimore Heritage, an advocacy group that works to protect and promote Baltimore's historically and architecturally significant buildings, places and neighborhoods. This spring the organization is marking the 50th anniversary of its founding with an awards gala at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion on June 11, tours of local landmarks, citations to "centennial" families that have lived in the same house for more than 100 years, and other events designed to appeal to the "inner preservationist" in everyone.
NEWS
By Jill Rosen and Jill Rosen,Sun reporter | February 6, 2007
Baltimore Heritage dropped yesterday its fierce two-month battle to save a row of historic downtown houses, clearing the way for Mercy Medical Center's $292 million expansion and exposing divisions among preservation advocates. Officials with the preservation group lamented losing the 1820s-era homes - particularly so soon after their fight to save the 100-year-old Rochambeau apartment building ended badly. However, they said they had to pull the plug on what was becoming a costly, time-consuming and, perhaps, ultimately pointless exercise.
FEATURES
By Edward Gunts and Edward Gunts,SUN ARCHITECTURE CRITIC | July 7, 2003
The handsome brick building at 607 Pennsylvania Ave. in West Baltimore has a proud history: It was the first integrated seminary in America, home of the religious order known as St. Joseph's Society for the Sacred Heart, or the American Josephites. After a $4.9 million renovation, it also has a promising future. It recently reopened as Charles R. Uncles Senior Plaza, a 47-unit apartment complex for seniors. It's named after a Baltimore native who was the first African-American priest to get his ecclesiastical training in the United States.
NEWS
By Johns W. Hopkins | April 3, 2012
What is the future for Baltimore's city-owned historic properties? The Baltimore Sun has reported that Baltimore City is hiring an appraisal firm to determine the "market value" of 15 city-owned historic properties. Baltimore Heritage has asked MayorStephanie Rawlings-Blakeand the director of the Department of General Services to make this process open and participatory to ensure that there is a seat at the table for the many citizens and volunteers who for decades have protected and celebrated these important landmarks.
NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun | August 6, 2012
William Boulton "Bo" Kelly Jr., a Baltimore architect, preservationist and civic leader who founded Baltimore Heritage and helped establish the Baltimore's Commission for Historical & Architectural Preservation, died Wednesday at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson of complications from an infection. The longtime Ruxton resident was 84. "Bo was a person who had an indomitable spirit and was also one of those wonderful characters you meet in life," said Walter G. Schamu, a partner in the firm of Schamu, Machowski, Grego Architects and a longtime friend.
NEWS
By Edward Gunts and Edward Gunts,SUN STAFF | June 22, 2000
WHEN NEW owners purchased the Samester Apartments in Northwest Baltimore in 1998, they could have wiped away many of the Art Deco touches that make the building so unusual. Instead, after consulting with their architects, the owners restored details that help distinguish the 1939 apartment complex from many others up and down Park Heights Avenue, such as bull-nose columns and glass-block windows. Today, it stands as the most fully developed (and restored) Art Deco-style garden apartment complex in Baltimore.