Recent LAI Baltimore speaker Bree Jones’ Parity was recently showcased in The Baltimore Banner. Housing startup to unveil first renovated homes in Harlem Park The completed houses are part of a goal to rehabilitate homes in historically redlined communities Click here to read the Baltimore Banner article.
Read more →Too much, too little, too toxic May 25, 2023 A recent order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Protection Agency has placed strict deadlines on two Baltimore City projects that have been limping along at an unacceptable pace. This involves two city reservoirs, Druid Lake, located at
Read more →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 →On April 19, 2023 We hosted a program on the “Challenges of Funding Major Repairs at Condominiums” with a panel of speakers including LAI member Jerry Doctrow who shared this article on the topic: Fannie Mae’s Secret Loan ‘Blacklist’ Includes 1,400 Buildings And Counting
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 →