Merchants in the business corridor surrounding Pimlico Race Course want to expand business and community development opportunities on Preakness day and beyond, Yeshiyah Israel, president of the Pimlico Merchants Association, says.
A 2020 plan to redevelop Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park fell apart due to a variety of factors. Now racing industry stakeholders are negotiating a new plan, and they’re considering boosting Pimlico as the year-round home of thoroughbred racing.
Last year, having headliners Megan Thee Stallion and Lauryn Hill made it seem like organizers were trying to build a connection with Black Baltimoreans. Pop juggernaut Bruno Mars and electronic dance music duo Sofi Tukker as next weekend’s stars feels like an intentional shift.
The plaintiffs are seeking $75,000 each in compensatory damages for “diminution of property value, loss of property appreciation, and lead paint chip and lead dust abatement.”
The Talbot Road basement is the laboratory of Allen’s imagination; the dark, cool spot where, under posters of John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, often in the company of his dog Huckleberry, he writes scripts and pitches them to the world.
Colin Williams, the self-appointed artist in residence at Druid Hill Park, is getting settled into his housing and there’s an awesome catch — he’s right next to the park where he poured into his artwork and was flooded with friendships and connections.
Woodberry residents raised alarms over possible lead paint chips falling from the red television tower that stands high above their neighborhood nearly a year ago.
The Beloved Community Services Corporation will receive $1.75 million in federal funds to renovate Juanita Jackson Mitchell’s old law office in the Marble Hill historic district.
Local nonprofit B-360 hosted a family fun day last weekend, encouraging families to come hang out, explore dirt bikes and test their skills at riding in the overflow parking lot at the B&O Railroad Museum.