A city commission voted Tuesday to add two downtown buildings on the city’s Westside to the list of Baltimore City Landmarks.

The Baltimore Commission on Historical & Architectural Preservation voted to add the old Baltimore Equitable Society Building at 21 N. Eutaw St. and the Turnbull Building at 311 and 313 W. Baltimore St. to the list after a brief hearing Tuesday near City Hall.

The old Baltimore Equitable Society Building is located across from the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center. It is now Alewife, a restaurant and pub owned by Bill Carr.

The Turnbull Building, located around the corner, is being converted to 18 apartments by owner Ibrahim Sheikh.

The vote by CHAP means both designations will move on to the city’s Planning Commission for approval to the list. If that is received, the proposals will be forwarded to the City Council for a vote.

The Baltimore City Landmarks list holds structures that have historical significance to the city, said Kirby Fowler, president of the Downtown Business Partnership of Baltimore.

Criteria for selection to the list includes “the quality of significance in Baltimore history, architecture, archeology, engineering,” according to the CHAP website.

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Some more news on the big-firm salary front: the largest of the truly Maryland-headquartered firms, Miles & Stockbridge, is up to $140,000. The increase, which is as of the new year, is a $15,000 bump from last year’s rate.

That puts Miles at the same salary level as Ballard Spahr’s Baltimore’s office. Both firms are $20,000 lower than the Charm City offices of Venable and DLA Piper, two firms born here but now playing with the big boys on a national level.

Miles chairman John Frisch says the raise doesn’t come with a billable-hour requirement hike. Miles remains at 1850, lower than Piper or Venable.

CARYN TAMBER, Legal Affairs Writer

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