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City Spaces are Smaller and Better

March 25th, 2009 No Comments

I moved to Baltimore from the suburbs.  Not the county or Glen Burnie, but from real Midwestern suburbs, the sort that are featured in articles about McMansions and sprawl.  While I had a good time growing up there, it just isn’t what I want anymore.  I want to live in cities because they’re close to [...]

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City Living is Greener!

March 19th, 2009 No Comments

So we’ve been talking about environmentalism and city living for a little while now and, in case you haven’t noticed, we’re pro-both. A lot of people would tell us that’s a contradictory position, that you can’t be an environmentalist and live in a city.  But now, with a new study from Harvard economist Edward L. [...]

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Events Listing — Weekend of 3/13

March 13th, 2009 No Comments

Two Friday the 13ths in a row! Luckily there should be plenty of four-leafed clovers around this weekend to help you chase away that bad luck. Here are our picks for exciting events this weekend and beyond….
You’ve outgrown green beer, but still want to imbibe something shamrock-colored this weekend? Morton’s Steakhouse downtown (300 S. Charles [...]

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A Parking Revolution?

March 10th, 2009 No Comments

Recently the Sun ran an article on various parking-pass scams in South Baltimore. Peter Hermann puts it succinctly:  “It goes without saying that trying to find a parking space after work in many Baltimore neighborhoods is an aggravating, blow-your-horn and then your brains out adventure.”
By no means is Baltimore the only city where finding parking [...]

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Baltimore Biomass

March 5th, 2009 No Comments

Until a few weeks ago we had never heard of biomass.  We considered ourselves plugged into a lot of environmental knowledge (we used to live with a hippie), but this term was new to us.  Curious, as always, we started asking questions.  What is it? How does it work?  And why?  Why?
Biomass, to make a [...]

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Clipper Mill Homes Forge Green Future

February 27th, 2009 No Comments

Looking for luxury housing, green engineering, gourmet dining, and the company of artists? Check out this antique metal-casting plant! Okay, maybe the artist part is no surprise, but otherwise Clipper Mill in Hampden is another great example of Baltimore’s unlikely but flourishing industrial-sites-turned-fancy-places movement. It’s an intriguing blend of the old and the new, with [...]

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