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Eric Holcomb, who has worked for the commission since 1994, will now head the organization that reviews permits for renovations and new development in historic districts.
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Crittenton developer rejects neighborhood proposal
The Crittenton mansion developer says a neighborhood request to build smaller homes is not feasible.
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Read More »Historic commission to hear Crittenton development proposal
Plans to redevelop a historic property in Hampden are scheduled to go before Baltimore's historic commission on Tuesday.
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Read More »Panel votes to stall Mechanic’s demolition for at least 6 months
A city panel voted unanimously on Tuesday to stall demolition of the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre until at least March 2013.
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Read More »CHAP Executive Director Kotarba keeps her job
After nearly two hours in a closed session Monday, members of the Commission for Historical & Architectural Preservation voted down an attempt by the city planning director to fire the group’s director in the wake of several recent clashes over historic preservation in Baltimore.
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Read More »CHAP meeting reportedly to sack director
On Monday, the city’s Commission for Historical & Architectural Preservation, or CHAP, will convene in a special meeting at 1 p.m. at City Hall. The first order of business will be to vote to close the meeting to the public.
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Read More »Report supports razing Mechanic
A private engineering study has found widespread corrosion in the parking garage beneath the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre due in part to stray electrical currents from subway trains, according to an Owings Mills developer who commissioned the report and has applied to demolish the 45-year-old concrete building.
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Read More »City panel set to weigh new designs for Superblock site
New designs for the controversial Superblock development are scheduled to be unveiled next Tuesday before the Baltimore Commission for Historical & Architectural Preservation. The project, a $150 million redevelopment of a decrepit and vacant West Side block, has been under ...
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Read More »Nevermore? Poe House in danger of closing
Baltimore’s Poe House and Museum may be in danger of closing if it doesn’t find a way to replace money that it has been receiving from the city. The museum, which received $80,000 annually from the city until last year, ...
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