Thank you LAI Baltimore supporters of the Morgan State University Architecture & Planning Baltimore Rotterdam Sister Cities Exchange Trip LAI members Susannah Bergmann and Klaus Philipsen joined the students on this March trip, and welcomed the Dutch visitors to Baltimore in April. Read Professor Cristina Murphy’s trip
Read more →Rethinking zoning By: Joe Nathanson April 28, 2023 With Earth Day 2023 having just passed, it brings to mind how we are dealing with the Earth – more specifically, how we are making use of our land resources. How we use land and how we control the use of
Read more →Imagine a city with nearly a dozen miles of green ribbons of land bordering local waterways. Then imagine that these stretches of shoreline include trails to accommodate walkers, joggers, scooters and cyclists. Further imagine that these trails have more connecting paths that bring you to neighborhood parks,
Read more →LAI Baltimore is pleased to share Ted Rouse‘s Opinion Piece “Baltimore must get Inner Harbor redevelopment right”. The opinion piece discusses ideas for inner harbor development, including Baltimore Lift, “which would use gondolas to serve as a fun ride and way of moving people along the Pratt Street corridor
Read more →Come and enjoy oil paintings, photography, water colors, quilts, and acrylics by Cross Keys residents. LAI Baltimore member Joe Nathanson’s art will be featured. Joe Nathanson, a retired urban planner and community development consultant, was introduced to oil painting while in high school in Philadelphia. In more
Read more →In my end-of-year column, I placed a spotlight on the many new projects underway or beginning to come to fruition around Baltimore City. Some of those changes have already made their mark in the early weeks of the new year. The new Lexington Market has had its
Read more →The recently concluded winter 2023 meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors focused on the many challenges facing the country’s large and medium-sized cities. Many of the concerns were those directly related to the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic dislocations. With city
Read more →Based on the many announced projects moving from drawing boards to groundbreakings, it should be a banner year for development in and around Baltimore in 2023. Despite expected economic headwinds and a pandemic that has not surrendered its grip on us, developers are moving ahead with a
Read more →Costly, Complex and Confusing By: Joe Nathanson November 25, 2022 The project is complex, with many moving parts, vast in scope, and costly. I’m referring to the proposal to alleviate traffic congestion in the Washington suburbs by replacing the aging American Legion bridge spanning the Potomac River and adding
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