It’ll be a bit of hike, but Iron Rooster in Hunt Valley or Canton might fit the bill.

There are no biscuits and gravy on their menu, but thanks.

I'll look at this--thanks!

I LOVE Golden West, but no biscuits and gravy. I'll look at Artifact.

artifact, is my go to they do farm to table food as its very fresh and good. Also Golden west in Hampden, both are near where your staying.

I think BPD does the best they can with what they're given. They're tremendously short staffed, have garbage equipment and garbage vehicles.

Officers in Baltimore respond to 20+ calls per shift, EACH. Many of which require reports. When you see two officers sitting next to each other, they may not even be conversing. They're likely writing (or at least starting) a report from the call they just left. Until the next call comes in, before they're done writing the report from the last one.

The vehicle situation also forces more than one officer per vehicle. For your situational awareness, most districts (of which there are 9) have four Sectors. Each sector has four posts. So each shift has at least 16 officers per district. If a sector only has 2 working patrol vehicles, that means two Posts have to ride together... Meaning only one call can be covered at a time for two posts.

It's hard for officers to proactively conduct traffic stops when they're busy working double or triple shootings. You can't expect miracles from overworked and under-supplied employees.

Edit: also worth noting, is they don't get paid shit. Baltimore is one of, if not THE, lowest paying jurisdictions in the area. Another reason why nobody wants to work there.

Pepe’s on Falls & Lake might have them. Old style diner about a mile north of you.

Lots of skaters around Lake Montebello, nothing formal or a group but a lot of us there! Wheels is also a popular rink. Feel free to shoot me a message!

Idk if it's too far south for you, but I'm a fan of Papermoon Diner's take.

If you’re tearing it down for a big new building or something that actually benefits the neighborhood, you have a point. But the church wants to flatten these for a “prayer garden”. Quit hollowing out all the neighborhoods for empty space

It’s called “Demolition by Neglect” and a lot property owners do that to get around Historic Preservation laws

Stay away from residential areas near or past MLK Blvd. Baltimore st. is also pretty active cause that’s where all the strip clubs are so I’d stay away. You could also download the citizens app to help you know where most activity is happening. “The Crown” has live music (not always jazz) and has a mixed crowd of locals. Same goes for “Ottobar”. You MAY be able to find a private rental for around $800 but just do further research to make sure it’s not a scam.

An Die Musik is a good intimate venue for jazz. Mount Vernon in general is a nice place to walk around. Charles street will take you pretty safely from the harbor to Station North.

from what i've been hearing, the "decay" isn't really that extensive and is really just beyond what the church is willing to put into maintenance! they say they've put like $91,000 into these houses, but that was over the course of several years, which shook out to just a few thousand dollars per year per house (which is way, way less than basic upkeep costs for houses like this should be.) unique, very easily habitable historic properties like this being left empty and neglected by a private entity for the purposes of total demolition is just an entirely different issue than some potential NIMBYism. in a case like this, historic preservation and housing density go hand in hand, because preserving these houses would also preserve density in the neighborhood, and the net benefit would be that a dying form of architecture is preserved and maintained while also being used to its full potential for living space. it's important to evaluate the nuances of each individual situation when we can!

I should have expected that you'd provide just as many ideas for how to reduce violent crime as you have datapoints to support the idea that a majority of black people want less police.

A reasonable person could say that the majority of the people in the city “don’t give a shit about what happens in the city.”

I’m so confused. We went from “about 100% of the time” to “a good 75% of the time” to “the majority of the time,” by someone who concedes to “walk or bike by . . . once or twice a week.” 🙄😒. OK.

But they'll want 10!

They already have two, plus the use of the MedChi lot.

Yeah, everyone knows people ffs. Except that building wasn't the same as other mansions converted to apartments. The architecture of that building's exterior was fairly unique for B'more and the stonework was still impressive. The interior still had a lot of original details despite the efforts of cheap landlords to screw it up over the years.

Given the expense of all the work it would take to make the buildings actually livable/leasable, there are no buyers willing to take the properties in the state they are in. Believe me when I say they would prefer to sell - they’ve been trying to repair and maintain for nearly three decades, but they can’t afford it much longer, it’s a literal fire hazard, and nobody is buying. Nobody. You may think 100k isn’t a lot for a church, but they aren’t Catholics - each parish must fund itself and be self-sustaining. Every dollar going into those properties is a dollar less for the homeless shelters, soup kitchens, furniture sales/donations, hosting community programs like AA, etc. that the church would prefer to put back into the community.

Yeah, the fact that it’s housing being replaced with a private park rather than more housing (or even a public park) is what makes this more gray for me. Unfortunately it seems like these cannot be “easily used for housing” due to decay (as opposed to a total teardown and replacement).

Jazz/blues look up keystone corner for sure. In harbor east near the inner harbor, been once and a good time. Kind of an underrated gem.

Exactly. Not to mention that these houses are blighted beyond repair (even if it doesn’t look like it). That said I do wish they would replace it with additional housing.

I see skaters rolling around the the pavilion at the museum of industry every once in awhile