Yesterday was the final design review at the Baltimore City Urban Design and Architectural Review Panel (UDARP) for ArchPlan's Black Athletes, Lost Legends Museum and Sphinx Club restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore. The project was lauded for its strong design and passed the review.
The Pennsylvania Avenue corridor with its legendary Royal Theatre and a number of Social Clubs used to be for Baltimore what parts of Harlem were for New York, a safe area for African American culture and entertainment.
Today the area is heavily disinvested. The local community development corporation Druid Heights CDC is attacking blight on three fronts: New housing, remodeled housing and commercial revitalization along with support strategies of education, foreclosure support, daycare and a host of other services. ArchPlan is proud to assist the DHCDC by providing construction administration for the new homes going up on Baker Street and for the ArchPlan designed 20 rowhouses being rehabilitated from the ground up. 10 of the homes will utilize historic tax credits and include a number of salvaged historic features.
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