Central Avenue

John Paterakis Sr. didn't believe it when Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke told him nearly two decades ago that Harbor East's Marriott Waterfront Hotel would spur revitalization from the Inner Harbor to Canton. The city had picked Paterakis' H&S Properties Development Corp. to build the hotel, launching a parallel career for the baker and developer. Today, Paterakis marvels at the upscale shops, luxurious living spaces and top-flight office space set to line the southeastern Baltimore waterfront - and already booming along it. "You have to give a lot of credit that he was right," said Paterakis, president of H&S Bakery Inc., which grew from a two-man operation that opened in 1943 to a baking empire spanning more than two dozen states.

John Paterakis Sr. didn't believe it when Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke told him nearly two decades ago that Harbor East's Marriott Waterfront Hotel would spur revitalization from the Inner Harbor to Canton. The city had picked Paterakis' H&S Properties Development Corp. to build the hotel, launching a parallel career for the baker and developer. Today, Paterakis marvels at the upscale shops, luxurious living spaces and top-flight office space set to line the southeastern Baltimore waterfront - and already booming along it. "You have to give a lot of credit that he was right," said Paterakis, president of H&S Bakery Inc., which grew from a two-man operation that opened in 1943 to a baking empire spanning more than two dozen states.

Central Avenue attracts many motorists seeking a short cut from Route 32 to Obrecht Road in Sykesville. An alarming number of speeders are cutting the route shorter still."

H&S Properties Development Corp. plans to push its Harbor East development east across Central Avenue with an expanded Whole Foods Market, a possible department store and apartments on two sites, baker-turned-developer John Paterakis Sr. said Friday. The developer will convert the one-story, brown-painted H&S Bakery distribution center into one or two floors of retail space, with apartments above, Paterakis said. H&S Bakery revealed intentions last month to move the center to an East Baltimore office park, freeing up the real estate by the end of 2014, he said.

"You want to see my underwear?" Baltimore City Council President Jack Young was saying. "Want to see my damn underwear?" Yes, I did want to see it, folded up in a dresser drawer, in a mauve-colored bedroom, in an east-side rowhouse. Say what you will about the wisdom of going into journalism, but one day I'm trying on a deposed mayor's mink coat, the next I'm having a look-see at the City Council president's undies. I think this is what Mencken was talking about when he said that news reporting was "the life of kings."

On November 30, 2004, VERCIE. Services at the Joseph G. Locks Funeral Home, 1302 N. Central Avenue. Tuesday 11 A.M. Wake, 11:30 Service. Interment Mt. Calvary.

Two men were injured Saturday when their vehicles collided on Central Avenue in South County, the police reported.The police said one of the men who remained unidentified yesterday was driving a Porche east on Central Avenue near Route 2 about 5:35 p.m., and crossed the center line. He collided with a tow truck driven by Richard Littwin, 64, of the 4500 block Romlon Street in Beltsville.

Teenager killed, 2nd hurt in Central Avenue crash An Edgewater teenager was killed and another injured early yesterday when the car in which they were riding veered off Central Avenue and crashed, Anne Arundel police said. Police said that about 3 a.m., Michael Anthony Contic, 19, of the 1600 block of Shady Side Drive was driving east on Central Avenue near Riva Road when his car left the roadway, striking several trees and a utility pole before coming to a rest on the shoulder. Contic was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was treated and released yesterday.

On March 29, 2003, EVELYN L., wife of Harry, beloved mother of Marcella, Harry and Cory. She leaves three sisters, two brothers, four grandchildren and other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Joseph G. Locks Funeral Home, 1304 N. Central Avenue on Thursday from 1 to 8 P.M. Wake Friday 10 A.M. Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 A.M. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, 2111 Ashland Ave. Interment King Memorial Park.

On May 13, 2004 DONNA R. GREEN of Mariban Court. Today, services to be held in Locks Funeral Home, 1302 N. Central Avenue. Family hour 10:30. Celebration 11 A.M. Services entrusted to HARI P. CLOSE FUNERAL SERVICE, P.A. 410-327-3100.

H&S Bakery is moving its Harbor East distribution center to an East Baltimore business park, freeing up prime real estate that the breadmaker-turned-developer has eyed for development for more than a decade. The facility, bounded by South Central Avenue and South Eden, Fleet and Aliceanna streets, lies on the edge of the fast-growing shopping, hotel and business district. Its future home, meanwhile, is a development that was once in bankruptcy and has struggled to attract tenants.

Plans to create an upscale hotel with shops and restaurants on the edge of Baltimore's Harbor East neighborhood are reinforcing city leaders' belief that the thriving waterfront community will continue to spur growth east of the Inner Harbor. A vacant cinder block warehouse at Central Avenue and Fleet Street would be transformed into a 205-room hotel with ground-level boutiques and restaurants under a plan by two area developers. Baltimore-based Chesapeake Real Estate Group LLC, a retail developer that bought the one-story warehouse in November, has teamed up with Bethesda-based Englewood LLC and could start construction as early as spring 2013, Chesapeake partner Neil J. Tucker said Wednesday.

The date -- Friday, Aug. 5, 5-10 p.m. -- had already been announced for the Gathering: Take 2 , the follow-up to Baltimore's first food-truck rally that was  held last month on Central Avenue. Here is the new location. The Gathering: Take 2 will be held on the parking lot across from Red Star . The lot's address is 901-911 S. Wolfe St.  

"You want to see my underwear?" Baltimore City Council President Jack Young was saying. "Want to see my damn underwear?" Yes, I did want to see it, folded up in a dresser drawer, in a mauve-colored bedroom, in an east-side rowhouse. Say what you will about the wisdom of going into journalism, but one day I'm trying on a deposed mayor's mink coat, the next I'm having a look-see at the City Council president's undies. I think this is what Mencken was talking about when he said that news reporting was "the life of kings."

On November 25, 2008 GWEN NICHOLS dear wife of Berkley S. Thompson. Relatives and friends may call at Joseph G. Locks Funeral Home on Thursday, December 4, 2008, 1304 N. Central Avenue for viewing 1 to 7 P.M. Service on Friday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 4103 Old York road,. Wake 10 to 10:30. Service will follow. Inquiries 410-685-7555

It's been 41 years since I got a Maryland driver's license, and it's also been 41 years since I last drove a car. For the record, I passed the driving test in one try at Glen Burnie and then hung up the keys. Being car-less in Baltimore has made for some interesting experiences as I beg lifts from family, friends and strangers. I also walk, hail cabs, take trains and ride a lot of buses.

On July 6, 2004 ANTHONY W. WEST of N. Calvert St. Today, Mr. West will lie in state in Locks Funeral Home, 1302 N. Central Avenue. Family hour 11 A.M. Celebration 11:30 A.M. Services entrusted to HARI P. CLOSE FUNERAL SERVICE, P.A. 410-327-3100

Baltimore officials are seeking proposals for a mixed-use project on 1.6 acres in the city's southeastern neighborhoods of Jonestown and Washington Hill that would include a mix of housing, offices, shops and parking. The project on eight parcels along East Lombard Street and South Central Avenue would be built just east of Albemarle Square, a development of 343 market-rate and affordable town houses and apartments. The city and the Housing Authority of Baltimore City own the mostly vacant property, the Baltimore Development Corp.

On August 27, 2007, COACH BENJAMIN GRAYSON EATON, SR.; beloved husband of Sandra Eaton; devoted father of Benjamin G. Eaton, Jr. On Friday, the family will receive friends at Huber Memorial Church, 5701 York Road from 4:00-8:00 P.M. On Saturday, services will be held at Gilliam Concert Hall of the Murphy Fine Arts Center Morgan State University, 2201 Argonne Drive, where the family will receive friends from 9:00 - 10:00 A.M, with services to follow....