The Wentworth Apartments (Baltimore, Mount Vernon: highrise, rent , work)

[herenia]

So, my indecisiveness has me still looking for an apartment and i came across the Wentworth on 311 Cathedral St, 21201.
Does anyone know anything about this apartment? They seem to have cheaper rates than others in the area and that kinda makes me suspicious as to how the managment is in the building.
Is it a good place? i need the 411 on this apartment building.
thanks.

[medfieldbum]

Ummmmmmm, it's very cheap for a good reason.

[herenia]

lol, i want to know. i'm suspicious cuz i'm thinking could be the management isn't the best.

[krakenten]

I think that's close to the library-and the soup kitchen!

An old hardcase like me could live there, but you can do better(if it's the one I'm thinking of it was on my beat, and it was just plain old!).

You can do better than that-money isn't everything!

Looked at Sutton Place yet?

Nice place to live, convenient to the Subway and the Light Rail, good security(a manned front desk)and a small store on the ground floor.

I lived there, once, and had no complaints.

[barante]

It took a while for me to figure where the Wentford is. An excellent location, on Cathedral, between Mulberry and Saratoga, which puts you close to Charles Center, the Metro and light rail. The Catholic Basilica is one block north, so is the Central Library
There are a bunch of these older apartment buildings around. I doubt that anyone on this board has ever seen most of them. They were built in the 1950s, if not before. They may only have window airconditioners and may also lack many of the bells and whistles that today's renters demand. At the same time, for the right person they may be a bargain. The best way to find out is to go and see.
Aside from The Wentford, there is such a building, an ancient highrise, on Cathedral and Washington Place, one block up from the Walters Art Museum. Similar low-rent buildings, at least for the smallest units, include The Marylander and the Broadview, near the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. Both used to be among the city's most exclusive apartment buildings before time passed them by. Also in that area is Hopkins House, a modern high-rise.
Near Bolton Hill, Sutton Place falls into that category. I lived there several happy years decades ago. It was in pretty good shape in those days and had a great swimming pool. Good for dating, too.

[herenia]

where is the sutton place? I'm planning on spending no more than a third of my paycheck on rent so that puts me at $1000 per month. I'm not super rigid on the amount but i do want to save some money now that i don't have to buy textbooks and what nots. I'm sure when i switch to night shift next year and make the $4-8 differential, i'll consider something more expensive.

[barante]

Sutton Place is at Park and Howard Streets, near the Maryland Institute of Art, the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and the University of Baltimore. Technically it's in Bolton Hill.
Because of those above-mentioned institutions and the huge state office building complex next door, area security is pretty good. The building has underground and above-ground parking for an extra fee.
BTW, the old apartment building overlooking Mount Vernon Square is at 701 N. Cathedral Street. Its owned by Time Group, which owns other old properties. As a manager they have a pretty good reputation. But, as said, these properties are old. Sutton Place, by contrast, was built in the 1960s.
I would take a look at Sutton Place. I have no idea as to who the tenants are these days, but when I was there in the mid-1970s it was a mixture of teachers, graduate students, government employees, etc. I had a junior one-bedroom unit, cheaper than a full-sized unit. It had tons of closet space, enough to allow me to store my books there also, in addition to my bike.

[krakenten]

Sutton Place is on Park Avenue-you cannot miss it, it looks like the UN building.

Park and Howard, Howard and John, hard by the old railroad station that's now part of the Maryland Institute of Art.

And those apartments were indeed on my beat-frankly, I'd be a little wary of them, were I a single woman.

Very film noir, with a few rather marginal residents(old info, from about 2000)but very solidly built.

But not, repeat not, suitable for a young woman working nights!

Do look at Sutton Place-it has a very nice pool, and there's usually a nice enough bar/nightclub on site.

There are residents there who almost never leave the place.

Indoor parking, as well, for a fee.

Sutton Place has a colorful history-it's had many incarnations-but it recently got a facelift.

You'll be strolling distance from the Lyric, the Meyerhoff, eateries, drinkeries and Artscape in the Summer, not to mention the Fifth Regiment Armory, which is a venue for some shows, time to time, Antique Row(big deal), and the Light Rail to go to the Harbor, or the Subway to get you to Hopkins.

A tip-the Subway is easiest to get too by walking behind the Armory into the State Office Complex and avoiding Howard Street, saves steps and time, important in hot weather, rain or snow.

Bolton Hill, aka The Brickyard or The Gin Belt is a truly delightful place to live, place where Baltimore's elegance never quite died-it's leafy, green and genteel, quiet, unless the Art Students are on a tear, has a peaceful little park hidden away, and the John Street Park as well.

An old legend-probably apocryphal-has Tallulah Bankhead, drunk to Hell, staggering to the small church on Mt. Royal Avenue for midnight mass with some theater friends(shows used to open in Baltimore for the tryouts and fine tuning, that's why ''Kiss Me Kate'' is set in Baltimore.).

A priest, in vestments, came down the aisle swinging a censer, and La Bankhead said unto the good Padre, "Oh, darling, I love the dress, but did you know your handbag's on fire?"

It is also said, by certain old residents that Dashiell Hammett once punched James Thurber in the snot-locker at the Mount Royal Tavern.

If it didn't happen, it should have!

[carolott]

"Oh, darling, I love the dress, but did you know your handbag's on fire?"

Honestly, that was the best laugh I've had all night, and a perfect way to end my day.

[leknight]

Hi, new to this forum.

I don't know if it's too late.

Most were very negative, "Don't live here", "They care nothing for their tennants", "I'd rather live in my car".

Hope this helps.