The last piece of the puzzle in my series on central north neighborhoods that need large scale redevelopment. That's not to say these are the only parts of the city that need redevelopment far from it. These neighborhoods have a bright future but need a push in the right direction.
Better Waverly, although located close to Waverly proper is a neighborhood separate from it and should be approached differently. Waverly is more of an Uptown enclave while Better Waverly was built as a Baltimore Belt Line community so there are industrial remnants throughout. Better Waverly just south of 33rd St. served as an overflow surface parking lot for patrons of Memorial Stadium. Once Memorial Stadium was torn down the surface parking lot remained and there's not much use for it. A big victory for Better Waverly is the new Giant food store at Old York Road and 33rdSt. The housing stock is as diverse as its population (one of my favorite analogies) that consists of single family homes row homes and garden apartments. That being said Better Waverly has a 21% vacancy rate and that doesn't include vacant land parcels. There are still many beautiful well kept homes located in Better Waverly so redevelopment won't sweep the whole neighborhood, just blighted and vacant spots.
As I mentioned in my Old York Road post new development near Greenmount Avenue and Old York Road should be of a higher density than that located on the neighborhood's eastern border; Loch Raven Boulevard. In the middle of the neighborhood there has been a lot of demolition of single family homes and new development in that section of the neighborhood should remain single family homes. The eastern end of Better Waverly that borders Coldstream Homestead Montebello that is now industrial remnants from the Baltimore Belt Line should be redeveloped as town homes seeing as the nearest residential component is currently row homes. The lone parking and building whose use I can't make heads or tails of will be redeveloped as mixed use high density residential that mirrors that mirrors the highly successful Charles Commons in Charles Village.
Well that completes my series of redevelopment posts in the neighborhoods of central north Baltimore. Development will be staggered so the market can absorb the new housing at an acceptable rate but when complete a huge chunk of the city will be forever transformed.
The last piece of the puzzle in my series on central north neighborhoods that need large scale redevelopment. That's not to say these are the only parts of the city that need redevelopment far from it. These neighborhoods have a bright future but need a push in the right direction.
Better Waverly, although located close to Waverly proper is a neighborhood separate from it and should be approached differently. Waverly is more of an Uptown enclave while Better Waverly was built as a Baltimore Belt Line community so there are industrial remnants throughout. Better Waverly just south of 33rd St. served as an overflow surface parking lot for patrons of Memorial Stadium. Once Memorial Stadium was torn down the surface parking lot remained and there's not much use for it. A big victory for Better Waverly is the new Giant food store at Old York Road and 33rdSt. The housing stock is as diverse as its population (one of my favorite analogies) that consists of single family homes row homes and garden apartments. That being said Better Waverly has a 21% vacancy rate and that doesn't include vacant land parcels. There are still many beautiful well kept homes located in Better Waverly so redevelopment won't sweep the whole neighborhood, just blighted and vacant spots.
As I mentioned in my Old York Road post new development near Greenmount Avenue and Old York Road should be of a higher density than that located on the neighborhood's eastern border; Loch Raven Boulevard. In the middle of the neighborhood there has been a lot of demolition of single family homes and new development in that section of the neighborhood should remain single family homes. The eastern end of Better Waverly that borders Coldstream Homestead Montebello that is now industrial remnants from the Baltimore Belt Line should be redeveloped as town homes seeing as the nearest residential component is currently row homes. The lone parking and building whose use I can't make heads or tails of will be redeveloped as mixed use high density residential that mirrors that mirrors the highly successful Charles Commons in Charles Village.
Well that completes my series of redevelopment posts in the neighborhoods of central north Baltimore. Development will be staggered so the market can absorb the new housing at an acceptable rate but when complete a huge chunk of the city will be forever transformed.
