Historic Buildings in Poppleton – Updates on voted-on next steps
- Organize a walkthrough to identify historic properties in the next 2-3 weeks
- Write a letter requesting a demolition moratorium (as the SWP, a request of the Board)
- Write a letter asking that the developer be held to the terms of the mitigation agreement, and that the agreement be extended until the terms have been completed (as the SWP, a request of the Board)
Review of mission and objectives of committee
Maps, brochures,
- Guest speakers
- New Marketing Manager, Rodney Nesbitt
- Krista – Mt Clare Museum House
- Kris – B&O Railroad Museum
- Michael Mellett – Irish Railroad Workers Museum
- Jane – St Lukes History
- Johns Hopkins – Baltimore Heritage
- Sisters of Bon Secours
- Afro-American newspaper
- Afro American archivist is Savannah Wood
- archives@afro.com
- Lenny’s barbershop
- “West End Carnival” in late June 1912
- Redevelopment successes from around the City
- Have meeting at Partnership Parks
- Bosse Kelly
- German orphanage
- Historic markets
- The Pendry Hotel
- R house
- Millers court
- Etc…
- Not such wonderful successes
- Deconstruction efforts
- Field Trips
- Malachi Mills
- Educational events
- Historic Tax credits
- How to research your house
- How to restore old windows?
- Understanding lime based mortar?
- Programs in the City to help with preserving homes
- How can we be more proactive?
- How did the streets get their names?
- Storytelling
- Update
- Vision for the future
- Hollins Market & W. Baltimore stories started in previous years, Poppleton started this year
- Ms. Dotie – start in early 1800’s with German orphanage
- Scott – do we start a blog to present the stories
- What are the perimeters of the UMBC study? Just storytelling or history too?
- Have UMBC give presentation on their findings
- App for walking tours
Updates and Announcements
- A Place called Poppleton
- BERNI/CORE Grants applications open this week
- Scott has Franklin Square historic signs
- Bruce St
- Did Elizabeth pass on Kimberly’s Mills’ documents
