Remington May 2013

Baltimore Body Shop Burns

May 2, 2013.   The Baltimore Body Shop had a two-alarm fire damaging part of the building and vehicles in for repair.  Artwork housed in the Open Space gallery was spared, but had to be moved as part of the building collapsed.  There are 22 apartments also located in the space, but no tenants were injured. No word on how the fire started, but there are four auto repair shops located there that use hazardous, flammable material so use your imagination.

Sources:  Word on the street

Seawall Snaps up More Remington Properties

May 3, 2013.  GRIA board President Judy Kunst can't seem to stop gushing about Seawall Development, claiming the company "is one of  the best development partners" a neighborhood could ask for.  Why all her excitement?  It's the company's "30 by 13" initiative to purchase, renovate, and sell 30 homes in Remington by the end of this year. Incredulous old-timers are scratching their heads wondering who would buy a house in this gritty, rat-infested, drug-ridden, blue-collared neighborhood.  Well, my fellow Remingtonians, it's teachers.  That's right, educated folks are snapping up apartments in Seawall's Miller's Court like they were free crack.

The old American Can Company was obviously begging to be saved.  Its sturdy, utilitarian façade screamed for apartments, offices, and perhaps a coffee shop. OK, "screamed" may be a little melodramatic, but every time I walked past it, something was definitely screaming.  Probably rats.

Construction began from the ground up, which is always a good place to start. Invisible men with hats chased me out, so I couldn't get the full spectrum.  It seems a massive undertaking.

Ta-da! I can't figure out how that tree is the same height.

Sources: Kevin Litten, The Baltimore Business Journal, May 3, 2013.  My photos.

BROS Gets Remington Director

May 10, 2013.  Remington resident Barbara Geary will be directing the Baltimore Rock Opera Society's production of "Murdercastle".  Ms. Geary has decades of theater and acting experience and hopes to impart of this to the cast members.  The show runs from now until May 25 a the Autograph Playhouse on 25th Street.

Source: Wesley Case Baltimore Sun 10 May, 2013: T:14.

The House of W.C. Harlan

May 16, 2013.  W.C. Harlan bartender and part-time fashionista, Pam Haner was a stylist at the Tremont Grand fashion show. She sported her own "chic but different" style with a combination of thrift store finds.

Source: Sloane Brown, The Baltimore Sun 16 May 2013: C.4.