Bradford Pear.

I used to live in University Park, which was full of them. As much as people complain, the neighborhood was beautiful in the spring.

Oh. That's why the park smell weird.

The new Rec center in cherry hill? The Middle branch reimagining project? Generally all organizations (govt or not) tend to advertise “the good” they are doing. You tend to only hear about the nicer neighborhoods because that’s where the majority of this sub live.

Thank you. That makes more sense than what others wrote. It’s a stinky tree, residents should be able to have them removed and replaced with native trees.

this city and it's government only care about and only announce anything "good" that happens in "nice" neighborhoods.

there is no care of consideration for anything south of pratt st. every fucking week the city is paying themselves on the back for parking tickets, claiming it is about public safety, yet refuse to acknowledge it do anything meaningful about crime and corruption in the police force

Bradford pears, the worst fucking tree in the universe.

Smells like rotting fish and makes it impossible to breathe for me.

Hate them.

I found a Sun article from 2008 that discusses the Bradford's history in Baltimore.

Former Mayor William Donald Schaefer loved them. He planted many while in office from 1972-1987. He also named the chanticleer pear (a cousin to the Bradford) the official city tree.

The article also states the trees were being replaced as sidewalk and street work is performed but there is "no systematic campaign to rid the city of Bradford pear trees"

Good to know.

That stretch of Falls road... If you make the mistake of walking it once, you won't walk it again.

What crawled up your ass? Traffic enforcement is one of the things this city needs most. I’ll take what I can get. Lighten up bud

It depends what you are looking for in a hotel. The Pendry is a swanky property and smack in the middle of Fells Point but quiet when you’re inside. It was the former police station featured in the tv series Homicide. The Hilton Harbor Point is where CindyLou’s Fish house is located. Its also called the Canopy Hotel and has free bikes to explore the area. It’s a newer hotel overlooking the water and well located in Harbor East toward Fells Point. The restaurant and bar are nice.
Bygone at Four Seasons is a rooftop bar in Harbor East. Henderson Wharf is very nice and quiet but still well located in Fells Point.

The other option is staying in Harbor East and walking into Fells Point. Both are nice areas. Harbor East may be preferable but both areas are nice. Harbor East hotels to consider are the Marriott Waterfront and Four Seasons.
A good property that’s well priced is the Courtyard by Marriott but no bar.

Consider the Elk Room for a great bar

thank God a couple of white people in Hampden, canton, mt royal and other gentrified neighbors are relieved of the incontinence of having a few cars parked where in the bicycle lane. it's awesome that the 44 tickets that they have issued has raised what $6k total? totally covers the 3 enforcement officers, asking with the truck and road crew that can fix the single pothole that revenue covers 👍🏼.

Jizz trees

Ooooh thank you!

I came back to tell you to go to Cafe Campli, for happy hour if possible

Don’t drive a Lamborghini

😂😂😂

This is a consistent complaint from folks on this sub and I often hear it in my community association meetings. I’m glad that our voices were heard and they are doing something about it. I don’t see what the big deal is.

I also used to think these are dogwood I think incorrect information was online for awhile misidentifying which tree smelled like kum

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I don’t believe this is true, even the city tree teams said the Bradford pears live twenty five years at most. I hope the city is getting better as they learn more.

The city planted the ones on my street about twenty years ago, not so distant past. It wasn’t developers or flippers. My husband and I, and all my neighbors at the time objected, it was well known even then that Bradford pears were smelly weak trees but the city crews planted them anyway, then refused to care for or prune them. I remember it well, it wasn’t developers or flippers, this was a nice street full of homeowners back then. Eddie Reisinger was a new councilman, he promised to have the trees removed before the smell got too bad then we never heard from the city tree teams again. The tree in front of my house partially fell, raising up the sidewalk and breaking the plumbing lines. That’s when we had it removed.

The city and a non profit did the same thing across Wilkens Avenue last year. People had the street trees removed just like I did and they put smaller native trees in their backyards, then the city crew came through with the non profit and planted more street trees.

In this area the space between the sidewalk and the street is very narrow, twenty inches, maybe a little more. It’s not big enough for healthy tall trees, anything bigger than a small redbud becomes weak and falls on the cars or people, or damages the plumbing lines. I don’t know why the city won’t develop a better program. It’s sad going to neighborhood meetings and hearing the same complaints twenty years later, no improvement, same excuses. The city doesn’t listen to residents.

I’m glad the city isn’t still planting these Bradford pears this year, the ones on my street were definitely planted by the city.

yoshino cherry

The trees are alive with the smell of semen.....

Just say it, they smell like semen