Too Many Row Homes (Baltimore, Columbia: low income, sale, house)

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by brother's keeper

By under $15k can getting you an 3 story home and $3k a smaller home in Baltimore your mean about rent right?

Huh? Don't understand what your asking exactly, but these houses are being sold at this price to buy. Now, these homes are in need a obvious renovations.

Btw! it looks like the big rowhouse in res hill just dropped in price the other day, to $13,410

[brother's keeper]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Huh? Don't understand what your asking exactly, but these houses are being sold at this price to buy. Now, these homes are in need a obvious renovations.

Btw! it looks like the big rowhouse in res hill just dropped in price the other day, to $13,410

Okay gotcha...I was just saying I find it hard to believe that homes in a major city such as Baltimore homes much less 3 story houses were going for so cheap...Even in my own town which is far from a major city I've seen houses that were single story going for no less than 50 and up to hundreds of thousandd of dollars...So I could've bought me a rowhouse in Baltimore with my last refund check You learn something new everyday.

[atariwhizkid]

Originally Posted by rhemy1

5). I don't think they all should be town down and replaced with single family homes. I'm just saying that there are other options for architecture. S.f., Boston, DC, have beautiful row houses. Baltimore has some great ones too. There's beauty in juxtaposition.

6). I'm visiting Baltimore. I'll make my determination after that. What do you think Baltimore should do with its blighted areas?

You haven't even visited yet? You sure have a lot of opinions on the city for never having seen it.

I just looked out the window of my downtown DC office and all I see in the way of housing are bland, though new, apartment high rises (at least "high rise" in the DC sense). There blocks of mostly identical rowhouses about a quarter mile away. I will say that they have more trees out in front than we have in Baltimore, but I can't really see how it's that much different.

If I were to walk from Hampden (I know this is against your idea of how big the city limits should be) south through Remington, Charles Village, Station North to Mount Vernon, I would see everything from detached homes with yards to very well-kept historic homes that look every bit as striking as those in Boston. There is plenty of variation. Yes, there are hundreds of blocks of very similarly designed rowhomes in places like Locust Point, Canton, Federal Hill, etc., etc., but I think most would agree that even those have their individual charms.

[Internal Breathing Fire]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Huh? Don't understand what your asking exactly, but these houses are being sold at this price to buy. Now, these homes are in need a obvious renovations.

Btw! it looks like the big rowhouse in res hill just dropped in price the other day, to $13,410

Wait, you mean to tell me houses are that cheap in Baltimore? 13K? 15K? What is this 1956?

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by Internal Breathing Fire

Wait, you mean to tell me houses are that cheap in Baltimore? 13K? 15K? What is this 1956?

They are in some areas! Depends all on location and condition. Federal Hill, Ridgley's delight, and some other neighborhoods around the harbor in the 70s had the dollar home program - speak of cheap housing! Now look at these neighborhoods! I want the city to make some houses $1 again!

[rhemy1]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Here are some examples of new rowhouses in Baltimore, well within your definition of the baltimore city limits, which sorry i must say is very weird.

Canton, Baltimore - Google Maps

Canton, Baltimore, MD - Google Maps

Locust Point, Baltimore, Maryland 21230 - Google Maps

Federal Hill-Montgomery, Baltimore, Maryland - Google Maps

Upton, Baltimore, MD - Google Maps

jonestown, Baltimore - Google Maps

And i take it you are refering to these new rowhouses on eutaw?
Bolton Hill, Baltimore, MD - Google Maps

While i think they look pretty good, i feel they are void of any of the character the grand majority of older baltimore rowhouses have.

Exactly my point they have no personality. And even some of the houses in canton have no personality. Even the houses you linked to are really just more of the same. I'll post pictures of what I'm talking about later

[jonjj]

Me thinks the Bostonian protests to much. Oh, those Baltimore rows!!!!!!! How disgusting. So unlike our more sacred Boston.

Seriously, the reason why I like Baltimore is because I can live in one of these (won't tell you which one) versus a studio in Boston for twice as much money. Not to disregard Boston. It's a very fine city. But I am happy here. I either walk or catch the metro to work. I have everything I need without a trip with the car (most of the time). What's to complain.

Now I agree with you in that Baltimore does have a lot of neglected neighborhoods that need work. But tearing down all the rows to put up garages with homes attached may not be the best answer.

All the pictures were taken by yours truely and I have tons more. I do regret that there are many neighborhoods without samples. One comes to mind is Ednor Gardens. I think the rows around there are really great. Anyway, that's all folks.

[HandsUpThumbsDown]

Originally Posted by jonjj

All the pictures were taken by yours truely and I have tons more. I do regret that there are many neighborhoods without samples. One comes to mind is Ednor Gardens. I think the rows around there are really great. Anyway, that's all folks.

Oh my god look at all those terrible rowhouses! No character whatsoever!

Ednor Gardens has the neatest looking rows in town, in my biased opinion.

[tellitetre]

Having moved from Atlanta not too long ago where they knock everything down in the name of "revitalization; and having lived in many major cities, including Columbia, MD, near Baltimore, I say keep the row houses. It is a part of the history of the city. The homes in Old Towne Alexandria, Va are even more narrow and no one is proposing to knock those down. Cities such as Baltimore have their own identity and personality and the white steps on the row houses happens to be a part of that. Leave them be.

[mrboltonman]

Nice pictures

I would have to pick Mt. Vernon for the nicest overall architecture. I do think other areas have very unique looks too. Baltimore has a lot of different types of neighborhoods and at first they might look similar but that's not the case. I guess you have to live here to appreciate them.

I also think there are a lot of neglected areas but ripping them all down would be such a loss. Some of those areas could be so awesome. The city needs to do a lot more to revitalize areas.