BUSINESS
March 13, 2010
The owner of a vacant nine-story office building at 11 E. Chase St. in Midtown-Belvedere is seeking city approval to convert the property to 56 apartments. A group called Daejan 11 E. Chase LLC, represented by Samuel Monderer, has applied to Baltimore's Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals to convert the historic Algonquin building to residential use. Monderer also controls the neighboring apartment building at 1010 St. Paul St. and a parking lot between the two buildings. A zoning board hearing has been set for Tuesday.
BUSINESS
By Baltimore Sun | March 12, 2010
The owner of a vacant nine-story office building at 11 E. Chase Street in Midtown-Belvedere is seeking city approval to convert the property to 56 apartments. A group called Daejan 11 E. Chase LLC, represented by Samuel Monderer, has applied to Baltimore's Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals to convert the historic Algonquin building to residential use. Monderer also controls the neighboring apartment building at 1010 St. Paul St. and a parking lot between the two buildings. A zoning board hearing has been set for Tuesday.
NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen | fred.rasmussen@baltsun.com | February 23, 2010
Hobart Daniel "Hoby" Wolf Jr., an airport owner, newspaper columnist and political gadfly who had served as a member of the Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals, died Feb. 15 of heart failure at his Eldersburg farm. He was 85. Mr. Wolf, the son of a Montgomery Ward manager and a homemaker, was born in St. Paul, Minn. Because of his father's work, Mr. Wolf was raised in St. Paul as well as Albany, N.Y., and Baltimore. After graduating in 1942 from Brecks School for Boys in St. Paul, Mr. Wolf enlisted in the Army, where he served in the United States as a translator for German prisoners.
NEWS
By Julie Scharper and Julie Scharper,julie.scharper@baltsun.com | November 24, 2009
Mayor Sheila Dixon signed a bill Monday that could drastically change the city's nightlife scene by making it easier for bars and restaurants to host live performances. Although proponents say the measure will promote a more vibrant city and generate profits for business owners, some community groups fear it will add noise and rowdy crowds. During a break in her criminal trial Monday, the mayor told reporters that the legislation "is not that good of a bill." Dixon had delayed signing the bill for nearly a month and said she would rather have waited for the overhaul to the zoning code being crafted by her planning department.
NEWS
By Annie Linskey and Annie Linskey,annie.linskey@baltsun.com | October 27, 2009
The Baltimore City Council voted Monday to allow bars and restaurants in some of the city's trendiest neighborhoods to hire bands, singers and other performers, overturning a decades-old prohibition that City Council President Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake says has stifled nightlife in town. "This is an opportunity in lean times for establishments to expand the entertainment they are able to offer," she said after the measure passed by voice vote. "It also makes us more marketable as a city."
NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen | October 25, 2009
Gilbert Vernon Rubin, former longtime executive director of Baltimore's Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals, died of an undisclosed illness Oct. 13 at his Northwest Baltimore home. He was 89. Born in Baltimore, the son of Russian immigrants who owned and operated a Park Circle grocery store, Mr. Rubin was raised in Northwest Baltimore. He was a 1938 graduate of City College and earned a bachelor's degree from the Johns Hopkins University. During World War II, he enlisted in the Army Air Forces, where he attained the rank of captain and was a flight controller.