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"Down in Mary's Land" - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Oh, I saw the decade in, when it seemed the world could change
At the blink of an eye
And if anything
Then there's your sign of the times ....
I was alive and I waited, waited
I was alive and I waited for this ....
Right here, right now
Watching the world wake up - from history
"By 2040, we're looking at 39 of these scorching days annually – and by 2090, 50 such days. The latter
would mean that across the roughly 150 days of summer (May through September), every third day would be 90 degrees or over."
Green News Report w/ Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen
Anaerobic digestion technology
"Let them say of me ~ I was one who believed
In sharing the blessings
I received
Let me know in my heart ~ When my days are through
America, America
I gave my best to you
America
I gave my best to you"
"The University of Chicago Presents | Tram Tales: 120 Years of Hong Kong Tramways" - The University of Chicago Francis and
Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong [Exhibition 2023-2024]
"Athens Tram: Green Track on the Coast Line" (2022)
See the challenges of trams, streetcars, tramvays.... when not having dedicated lanes.... No respect - NO RESPECT!!!!
"Driver's View Athens Tram: Pikrodafni - Piraeus - Pikrodafni (2023)
"ATHENS TRAMS" (2021)
mobilizednews.com/category/the-daily-do-it/
https://baltimorepeace.tripod.com/index.html
"Your Food Is Lying To You" - Climate Town (2023)
"The News Media Is Selling You Out" - Climate Town (2022)
Segregation By Design: Anacostia, Washington D.C.
Segregation By Design: "Houston Transit"
"Cities use to be better at building transit. Cities used "Cut and Cover" because they were more skilled at
building transit because ultimately, different tunneling techniques and different construction methods are like tools in a
tool box. They all have their place, and places where you should not use them. A true master, or master builder knows when
to use each to their maximum effect."
.
"SERVICE CREATES DEMAND: USA got it wrong by slashing public transportation, its rail: trains and streetcars, instead
of improving on its glory. We are paying dearly.
"One hundred years ago, the United States had a public transportation system that was the envy of the world.
Today, outside a few major urban centers, it is barely on life support. .... This has not happened in much of the
rest of the world."
"In Go Transit's Case {Toronto}, they essentially receive a lot of subsidies through giant free parking garages. ... They
allow people to drive to stations. ... Building the garages in the first place in an incredibly costly proposition, where
the average car stall costs more than the average car. .... Even if just part of your city can start to be more
public transit-friendly, or even if a portion of the population can go car-free, the benefits are still huge. Since we don't
have every car on the road, is another car crash that we avoid, pollution that we can prevent, and a person who can get on
public transportation more often {frequency}.
And at the same time, government has the levers. Government can change how land use works, and encourage
modes of transportation that aren't just better for society, but cost less money.
Michael E. Mann
American climatologist and geophysicist
the wealth effect
lochraven aberdeen road pedestrian killed feb 9th, 2024
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"Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison
ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny
the fact of death, which is the only fact we have. It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death—ought
to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life. One is responsible to life: It is
the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage
as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us." ― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
"Astro's Top Secret" - "The Jetsons"
"A 2004 Harvard Medical School study has linked climate change to the childhood asthma epidemic among inner city youth.
As a result of this and other factors, cities are already promoting transit-oriented development, planning to reduce sprawl,
and supporting mass transit and bicycle paths to reduce global warming pollution. These bold actions have occurred because
leaders and residents of these cities realize the importance of these actions. ....
The report estimated that most of these cities will fail to meet the goals. The report also notes that many greenhouse gas
reduction initiatives are funded from state and federal sources. If cities, counties, and states want to take efforts to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, that's great. But residents of these local governments should not expect a free ride in the cost
of making the reductions. After all, it is a lot easier to say you are reducing emissions than to actually pay for the reductions.
....
We are now witnessing for the first time in human history half the world's population living in cities. And the growth that
is going to occur between now and 2050, two and a half billion people will be concentrated in these urbanized areas. And what
we have here today are some examples of some leadership that has been exercised around the country that will help us understand
how we cope with this.
"I am suggesting that livable, sustainable communities are built on the ability of people to walk, ride a bike,
and take transit for many of their daily needs and that motorists and urban freight providers will benefit from having
fewer cars on the road. Equally, I am not suggesting that everyone suddenly become a 60-mile round-trip Lycra-clad bicycle
commuter. Our focus must be on the 40 percent of trips in this country that are just 2 miles or less. Ninety
percent of those trips are today made by car. Those are the most polluting trips. These are the trips we must make
easy and convenient to be made by bike {Streetcar....}. This is where the greatest potential lies to reduce climate emissions
in the years ahead." - From Statement of Andy Clarke In 2002, when the EPA gave out the first award for smart growth, the
first award for rural excellence was given to Arlington for the success in planning and implementing the Roslyn-Boston metro
corridor, which has now become kind of a laboratory or something people are coming to study to see what you can do in what
was not previously a real urban area but was kind of a declining suburb and has been revitalized as a result of the last generation
and has now demonstrated that there is tremendous potential in a fairly high-income growing area to move people to alternative
transportation, to reduce both car ownership and car usage and vehicle miles traveled to eliminate drive-only trips and single
car occupancy at an impressive rate and to do that by choice because people are opting to live there. In fact, they have to
pay a premium that has become actually our biggest concern. But we have also seen at a county-wide level not only in the areas
where we have the tremendous investment represented by metro rail that it is possible to get more a transit-oriented, pedestrian-oriented
lifestyle and that people want it." - From Statement of Mrs. Clarke
Cement is an energy-intensive material to manufacture. However, it only constitutes approximately 15 percent of
concrete's volume. The first step in the manufacturing process of cement is heating the limestone at extremely high temperatures
up to 2,000 degrees, which produces what we call clinker, and I am introducing a new term here. This is the energy-intensive
part of manufacturing cement where 90 percent of our greenhouse gases are generated. In very general terms, there is a ton
of CO2 emitted for nearly every ton of cement produced. However, 50 percent of those emissions are the result of a chemical
reaction in the process which are commonly referred to as process emissions. Another 40 percent are the result of the fuel
combustion to maintain those high temperatures, and the remaining 10 percent is attributed to electricity use and transport.
....
Holcim has identified three primary areas of opportunity to drive energy consumption reduction of greenhouse gases in cement
production.
1. Capital investment, technology, and process innovation of our facilities.
2. Use of waste-derived fuels like scrap tires, like biomass, like plastics, can reduce the CO2 intensity by replacing fossil
fuels like coal.
3. Use of other industries' byproducts as supplemental cementitious materials, second term, SCMs, can reduce the clinker content
in cement." - Statement of Erika Guerra
"You know, on a personal note, Little Rock has over 60 miles of bicycle pedestrian trails starting at the Clinton Library
and the centerpiece of it is the longest pedestrian bicycle bridge in the United States and, excuse me, but it is named the
Big Dam Bridge. It goes over a dam.
Mr. Blumenauer. And Congressman Snyder is shamelessly promoting it, that along with your streetcar. We appreciate that.
Thank you, Mr. Weaver."
"Ghost Riders in the Sky" - Glen Campbell & Roy Clark "Hee Haw"
Ghost Rivers [Baltimore Phenomenon]
timing mismatch pollen 20 days longer 3.3 billion 32 highway damage | coastal Massachusetts 600,000 sand for dunes
beach
Railroad brotherhoods made 8 hour day, minimum wages President Wilson 1917 went under federal government nationalized into
3
Overfed middlemen: Real Estate, Amazon....
Terms of importance in alphabetical order.
Spain April heat wave Italy rivers disappearing
European Union Carbon border tax cut 1-2 emission by 2030
Import tax steel fertilizers
Biker Tim Text- Kim Clasik show Left Canton 2022 grew up there, "Breaks/broke my heart" May 5th 2023 9 O'clock hour
baby stroller mother lost control of - going down a hill "Good News" homeless man interview at Applebee's {May 4th???)
HAVE? "Are Streetcars Making US Cities Better?" - City for All (2023)
HATRED FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION = HATRED FOR FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE
"Shut Down Milwaukee Streetcar? Wisconsin {U.S.} Senator Ron Johnson says 'Yes'" - FOX TV6 (2021)
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn: "Socialists Take Note: Public transit won't take you home from the hospital? The free market
has a solution." [Click for what her "solution" is. "Let them eat cake!" Equivalent.] (2019)
"Why Millennials Are Moving Away From Large Urban Centers" - "PBS News Hour" (2019)
"How to Design Cities to Move Goods Faster" - City Beautiful (2022)
REACTION: "The Dutch Solution for Safer Sidewalks - Continuous Sidewalks" - The Wilson Family 4D (2022)
"It's Time To Rethink How We Measure Cities. We Can't Afford Not To." - Strong Towns (2023)
"What is a Boulevard?: The Street Type that Breaks the Hierarchy" - City Beautiful (2022)
Conversation and abandoned Wells and Aquifers featured. This is solely for Australia, but offers possibilities for Maryland
and U.S.A.
"The current clean hydrogen production is not cost competitive within the market to drive a successful hydrogen economy in
Australia. For this reason, using geothermal energy with lower operating costs might be an economically favourable option
for the clean hydrogen strategy in Australia. This presentation comprises several focus points corresponding to geothermal
energy’s potential for hydrogen production in Australia. Different geothermal-based routes for hydrogen production are
investigated to explore the possibility of producing clean hydrogen in the Australian geothermal context. Overseas endeavours
in terms of low to moderate geothermal sources using organic ranking cycles (ORCs) are reviewed to identify current international
practices. The benefits of using a hybrid energy system that combines geothermal energy with other renewable technologies
such as solar energy to increase efficiency and reduce the cost of renewable hydrogen production, are investigated. Furthermore,
geothermal energy extraction from oilfields by retrofitting oil and gas are reviewed to identify essential and influencing
factors in this domain. This research brings novel insights to unlocking the potential of geothermal energy in contributing
to future low-carbon energy systems."
- REPORT: "Hydrogen Production from Geothermal Energy" - Geoscience Australia, Canberra - Australia Government (2022)
"What is Green Hydrogen?" - Scottish Power (2021)
"Our freedom of speech is freedom or death
We got to fight the powers that be
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power ~ Fight the power
Fight the power ~ Fight the power
Fight the power ~ Fight the power ~ Fight the power
We've got to fight the powers that be"
"The Little Things We Do" - "Schoolhouse Rock! - Earth" (2009)
"Telegraph Line" - Schoolhouse Rock! - ABC
"Do the Circulation" - "Schoolhouse Rock! - ABC
"Reoprt from the North Pole - Schoolhouse Rock - Earth " (2009)
"The Rainforest - Schoolhouse Rock - Earth " (2009)
"The 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" - "Schoolhouse Rock!"
"Environmental Toll of Plastics: Plastic Manufacturing in The First Ten Years of This Century Eclipsed the Total Produced
in the Entire Last Century: Now We Are Producing - and Discarding - Almost 360 Million Tons a Year." - Environmental Health
News (2022)
"Changemakers: Energy Efficient Buildings - Clean Power" - ENDEVR (2021)
"The Plastic Problem" - Documentary - "PBS News Hour" (2019)
"Plastic Wars - "Frontline" (2020)
"What Happens to Plastic in the Ocean: The Mystery of Missing Plastic" - ENDEVR (2016)
"Talking Trash: The Corporate Playbook of False solutions To the Plastic Crisis" - Changing Markets Foundation (2020)
"The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health" - Annals of Global Health (2023)
"Plastic and Health The Hidden Costs-Of A Plastic Planet" - (2019)
"The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act" - U.S. Senator Merkley House Representative Lowenthal (2021) Colorado River plastics
are responsible for a wide range of impacts such as plastics cancers and birth defects life cycle low rates of recycle a global
treaty
"Plastics cause wide-ranging health issues from Cancer to Birth Defects, Landmark Study Finds: First Analysis of Plastics
Hazards Over Life Cycle From Extraction to Disposal Also Shows, 'Deep Societal Injustices of Impact" - The Guardian (2023)
Plastics Cause Health Issues From Cancer To Birth Defects: Study" - Society of Environmental Scientists (2023)
The break free from plastic pollution act
Neglected: Environmental Justice Impacts of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution - United Nations Environment Programme (2021)
Don't let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace. - Kimberly Jones
"A new report reveals the outsize impact of climate change on local restaurants, which could trickle down to consumers."
"More than three million adults were forced to evacuate their homes in the U.S. in the past year because of hurricanes,
floods and other disasters, according to the Census Bureau"
"National Emissions from Lawn and Garden Equipment"
"Why is it necessary and even vital to maintain the global temperature increase below 1.5°C versus higher levels? Adaptation
will be less difficult. Our world will suffer less negative impacts on intensity and frequency of extreme events, on resources,
ecosystems, biodiversity, food security, cities, tourism, and carbon removal."
"General Assembly Adopts Resolution Requesting International Court of Justice Provide Advisory Opinion on States' Obligations
Concerning Climate Change" - United Nations (March 29th, 2023)
"Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050: New Research by Australian Scientists
Suggests 40% Slowdown in Just three Decades Could Alter World's Climate for Centuries" - The Guardian (2023)
"Risk of Isolation Increases the Expected Burden From Sea-Level Rise" - Nature Climate Change - Research Gate (2023)
"Critical Infrastructure at Risk Sea Level Rise Planning Guidance for California's Coastal Zone" - State of California (2021)
"OPC Releases the Final State Agency Sea-Level Rise Action Plan for California" - California Ocean Protection Counsel - The
State of California (2022)
"The Impacts of Climate Change on Connecticut Agriculture, Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Public Health" - Governor's
Steering Committee on Climate Change - State of Connecticut (2010)
Climate Change with Peter Sinclair, Yale Climate Project (2023)
"The Talented Mr. Boh- A Baltimore Icon" - Foodigenous
National Bohemian Beer "Natty Boh" Commercials
The Baltimore Fan Paraphernalia Mr. Boh & Sports
"Natty Boh" - TV 45 Fox (2015)
"Stop Sharing your Real Telephone Number with Everyone" - Kim Komando (2023)
"Pedestrian Fatalities: The Need for More Road Diets" - Yet Another Urbanist (2022)
"THE horrors of war appear to be less appalling than the horrors of peace. The automobile looms up as a far more
destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman.
The man in the street seems less safe than the man in the trench."
[People-Centric and Street-Centric Life were turning "Car-Centric," literally killing America's Way of Life - through
killing people and animals of all ages. Even in death were they blamed for simply - living. Amazing how little speed compared
to today - and we have 4+ times more deaths a year to show for it. We must constrain and allow People/Street-Centric to flourish
once again.]
"Are Rail Corridors Barriers in Our Cities?" NO. HIGHWAY AND AUTOMOBILES DO. - Reese Martin (RM) Transit (2022)
"Can Freight & Passenger Rail Coexist?" - RM Transit (2022)
"Hard Green Belts Have Failed" - Paige Saunders (2022)
"Does Induced Demand Apply to Housing?" - Oh The Urbanity! (2021)
I AVOID THE SPAGETTI BOWL: "A Lesson on Induced Demand | Why Your Public Transit Matters" - Yet Another Urbanist (2021)
The NIMBY Motto: The Needs of my Feelings Outweigh the Needs of the Many"
The problem is not that we have to change all of our train infrastructure for bikes, or that bikes have to use all our train
infrastructure. The problem is that we build all of our infrastructure for cars. The reason why rail trails are such a prized
possession to bicyclists and walkers and runners is not because it was an old train line, it's because it does not interface
with cars. Cars are the issue.
We make a policy choice that is so much of our infrastructure is sunken into car infrastructure that we never give money to
bikes or trains; so when we do give money to bikes or trains, they have to fight each other for this money, and when one takes
over of another, we feel like that's a fighting battle one or the other has to fight, where the actual enemy is car infrastructure.
So if we want more bike trails, and walking and running trails to look like these good rail trails, our main focus should
be for advocating for more bike infrastructure and less car infrastructure should be the main goal. Now that's hard, because
a lot of our suburbs, and a lot of our neighborhoods are built for cars."
"Why Rails to Trails are Problematic" - Alan Fisher (2023)
"A Train Derailed in East Palestine, Ohio; Why did that Happen? - Alan Fisher (2023)
"Why Some Roadways Are Made of Styrofoam" - Practical Engineering (2023)
"Why Car-Free Streets May Be Here to Stay" - Bloomberg Originals (2020)
Boulevards: "The Street Type that Breaks the Hierarchy" - City Beautiful (2022)
Maryland Transit Administration Regional Transit Map, 2012
Circulation Plan: "The Innovative Way Ghent, Belgium Removed Cars From The City - Streetfilms (2020)
"How Africa is Becoming China's China" - Wendover Production (2018)
"Why China is Building Africa's Railways" - B1M (2021)
"Public Transportation Should be Free" - Blank Note (2022)
"How America's Largest Railroads are Ruining our Supply Chains" - Alan Fisher (2022)
"Can Groceries Be Delivered TOO Quickly?" - Not Just Bikes (2022)
"What the US Gets Wrong About Trams" - RM Transit (2022)
"Why (Automated) Light Metros are So Special" - Reece Martin RM Transit (2022)
SPAIN: "The Nation That Mastered High Speed Rail: Spain Inventions High Speed Rail - RM Transit (February 26th, 2023)
Economics Explained: Transportation (Including Induced Demand) - Alan Fisher (2023)
FOE EE: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AASHTO A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways
and Streets "The Green Book" The Geometric Design of Highways and Streets
Car-First Streets - or....
"Why (Automated) Light Metros are So Special" - Reece Martin RM Transit (2022)
"Why Light Rail {Streetcars/Trams} is Better Than Bus Rapid Transit" - Alan Fisher (2018)
"Banning Cars From the Vegas Strip: Stupid or Brilliant?" - CityNerd (2023)
"NIMBYs: The Biggest Barrier to Transit Expansion" - RM Transit (2022)
Healing Scars of the Past in Montreal: "NIMBYS vs REM" - Paige Saunders
"Governments Undermine Megaprojects" - Paige Saunders (2022)
100% Floor boarding (no stairs). More Doors, and Make Them Pretty Vehicle Design Versus Service Design
"Physical Education" - Animal As Leaders
"Age of Easy Money" - "Frontline" - PBS (2023)
I have secured the opportunity
Do for love
I'm gonna buy me a dog
"It's a Beautiful Mornin'"
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families "TANF" "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"
"For Your Safety: Holiday Drivers" - Motor Vehicles Branch - Department of Highways (1930's)
"Would You Fall for It?" - Not Just Bikes (2023)
"Give Yourself The Green Light" - General Motors (1954)
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Little John Huff "Old Cars" Maryland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation
"All we need is the open road
More fuel for the fire inside us
Steer us on into lands unknown
We can leave this world behind us
All I know is you and me
That's all we'll need to start all over again"
"What's New In Baltimore?" - Frank Zappa
"Wake up, little Susie, wake up
Wake up, little Susie, wake up
We've both been sound asleep
Wake up, little Susie, and weep
The movie's over
It's four o'clock
And we're in trouble deep"
"And you're messin' up the water
And you're rollin' in the wine
And you're poisoning your body
And you're poisoning your mind....
Child of vision ~ Won't you listen?
Find yourself a new ambition"
"Road Rage Statistics 2022" - Bank Rate [Insurance]
"Electric Car" - They Might Be Giants w/ Robin Goldwasser
"Electric Car" SongTesla Model X For Children NEW Kids Music Gecko's Real Vehicles Save The Planet!" - Toddler Fun Learning
(2020)
"Harvey and Sheila
Harvey and Sheila
Married in the spring
She shopped at A&P
He bought a used MG
They sat and watched TV
"Harvey and Sheila" - Alan Sherman
Debt-Based License Restrictions
Terrain owes 13,000 7,000 suspension David Serrio Auto Care Radio 4439478255
5% pf world 80% of US have flown
"Visualizing Baltimore"
City of Baltimore -Bearings Through Interactive Maps
brackish water from wells aquatic grasses cindy on wcbm derrick
"Exxon disputed climate findings for years. Its Scientists Knew Better" - The Harvard Gazette (2023)
Questions to ask a Realtor to determine if they are right for you scholarly articles .gov
"Pellet and Wood Stoves Can Be Appealing for Lots of Reasons. They're comfy, cozy, sustainable, and economical, owners
say."
"In September 2022, MCDOT unveiled the Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot, the first solar-powered bus charging microgrid
in the region and the largest nationally. This one-of-a-kind project has the capacity to charge 70 buses with solar power."
Montgomery Community-wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decreased by 30 Percent Between 2005 - 2020
NOT AVAILABLE YET: NATURAL RESOURCES
NOT AVAILABLE YET: What Pollutes?
"Front of the Class" Film (2008)
"From Agriculture to High Teck: Meet Five Kibbutzim That Became Global Powerhouses" - No Camels, Israeli Innovation News (2016)
"Dizzy
I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends"
"We Took a 100+ Hour Greyhound From Boston to Seattle" -Miles in Transit (2022)
"Why Tokyo Has Musical Train Stations" - Bright Trip (2021)
"Why did Kids Stop Walking to School?" - About Here (2023)
"Continuous Sidewalk v Curb Return Effect on Turning Speed" - Rolling in the City (2022)
"Fixing Informal Crossings | The Continuous Footpath" Singapore - Tehsiewdai (2021)
Morristown, Tennessee: "Sidewalk On Top of A Sidewalk" - How to Build the World (2022)
"Toronto is a Streetcar City: "What's It Like in a 21st Century Streetcar City? Classy Whale
"The Real Reason Streetcars Are Making a Comeback The High Cost of Free Parking" - Vox (2017)
"I'm Worried About Public Transit" - About Here (2023)
"Omaha Streetcar Project Organizers Release Potential Route Stops, and Designs" - KETV News Watch TV 7 (2023)
"Why Alaska Residents Are Fighting Against A Billion-Dollar Mine Project" - TODAY (2019)
Coming Soon: ELDERS ~ SENIOR CITIZENS
Pigtown, Baltimore 1920's With recreated sound design and color in color - NASS (2023)
"Oceans, rivers, lakes and streams
Have all been touched by man
The poison floating out to sea
Now threatens life on land"
"Don't Go In The Water" - The Beach Boys
"Last lion of Albion
The last she-wolf to mother Rome
The last virgin to wash ashore
You'll feel extinction."
"Last Lion of Albion" - Neko Case
"The human race was dyin' out
No one left to scream and shout
People walkin' on the moon
Smog gon' get you pretty soon"
"Ship Of Fools" - The Doors Performance
"The creature in the sky
Got sucked in a hole, now there's a hole in the sky
And the ground's not cold
And if the ground's not cold, everything is gonna burn
We'll all take turns
I'll get mine too"
"Monkey Gone to Heaven" - Pixies
"I told god I'm coming
To your country
I'm going to eat up your cities
Your homes, you know
I've got a stomach full it's not
A chip on my shoulder
I've got this growl in my tummy
And I'm gonna stop it today"
"Too Much" - Dave Matthews Band Performance
"I am a humble monkey sitting up in here again
But then came the day
I climbed out of these safe limbs, ventured away
Walking tall, head high up and singing
I went to the city
Car horns, corners, and the gritty"
"Proudest Monkey" - Dave Matthews Band Performance
"Live To Tell" - Madonna (Remastered Extended Version)
READ ENTIRE PEACE RESOLUTION (Link to old)
"Streets of Baltimore" - Willie Nelson
"And it sure been a cold, cold winter
And the wind ain't been blowin' from the south
It's sure been a cold, cold winter
And a lotta love is all burned out"
Concern: Swear Language and Adult images
O P I U u i oo o p
Shared Taxes Indianapolis
Urban Acupuncture
Like naming a bill, "Inclusionary Housing" which causes a quota system to be placed, instead of rent control/rent
stabilization that helps every single person, but people fight for, "Inclusionary Housing" not realizing that they
may not be one of the lucky people. Like people advocating for a suburban light rail (a type of streetcar that makes few
stops) that will not stop in their neighborhood in the city, just to get to the other side's suburbia, instead for same price,
12 streetcar lines that will service many parts of the city. Both here in Baltimore....
"Don't go to bed with no price on your head,
Don't do it.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
Keep your eye on the sparrow,
When the going gets narrow"
Barreta Robert Blake tv show
power of endurance
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/climatechange/upload/SPAR-CFP-Action-Plan-2020-Final-508.pdf
https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/nw-21st-23rd-inter_enhance_lookbook_final_20230412e_0.pdf
https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-
agency/newsroom/releases/usda-invests-1-billion-nearly-400-projects-expand-access-trees-and
https://www.google.com/search?q=national+historic+site+baltimore+armory&oq=national+historic+site+baltimore+armory&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigAdIBCDc3NDdqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
OPINIONCOMMENTARY December 4th, 2023
"Here’s what Ted Rouse wants Baltimore’s planning commission to know about Harborplace"
MCB Real Estate renderings of its plans for the redevelopment of the Harborplace pavilions. Where McKeldin Plaza currently
sits would be the new Park at Freedom''s Port. The new 201 E Pratt St. will include retail and commercial space.
Rendering courtesy of MCB Real E MCB Real Estate renderings of its plans for the redevelopment of the Harborplace pavilions.
Where McKeldin Plaza currently sits would be the new Park at Freedom”s Port. The new 201 E Pratt St. will include retail
and commercial space.
Author
By TED ROUSE
PUBLISHED: December 4, 2023 at 9:20 a.m. | UPDATED: December 5, 2023 at 3:32 a.m.
On Thursday, I attended a public hearing of Baltimore’s Planning Commission on three bills connected to the proposed
overhaul of the city’s Inner Harbor and Harborplace. I fully expected to be testifying with some design comments on
the current proposal by developer P. David Bramble’s MCB Real Estate. To my surprise Sean Davis, chair of the commission,
announced at the start of the hearing that no comments on the design would be allowed, as this was a hearing on land use issues
only.
As a developer of waterfront residential projects, including Tindeco and Canton Cove (a total of 340 units), I am used to
presenting plans to the planning commission that need land use changes. Always the design plans were a big part of the conversation
between me and the commissioners. So, let me get this straight: The developer’s “public engagement process”
included no opportunity for the public to look at design options considered by the developer.
Baltimore’s Urban Design and Architecture Advisory Panel of professional architects does not give the public the opportunity
to comment. And the city Planning Commission does not give the public an opportunity to comment, at least not last week. This
seems like a recipe for defeat of the developer’s proposal by the voters on Election Day, which is apparently the only
day we do get to comment. I want Bramble to succeed! And I like density. But I don’t like his plan because I don’t
think it will activate the waterfront as is so sorely needed.
Below are the comments I had prepared to give at the Planning Commission Thursday:
I applaud developer P. David Bramble’s boldness of vision. I believe $500 million of private investment in the Harborplace
site is extremely exciting and that residential density, such as 900 apartments, could be a very good thing for the Inner
Harbor. As urbanist Jane Jacobs says, “There is nothing like the hustle and bustle of human activity to create a safe
environment.”
But, I believe the MCB plan is flawed and will fail to accomplish what is needed for the Inner Harbor. Either tall skinny
towers or buildings limited to three to eight stories (under the current Urban Renewal Plan’s height limit of 100 feet)
can accommodate the 900 unit density desired by MCB. Either could work, as long as they are accompanied by a critical mass
of waterfront destination locations such as restaurants, hotels or performance venues.
The water is where the magic is. It’s a natural magnet; let’s capitalize on it. In particular, the 60 feet between
buildings fronting the waterfront and the water’s edge is where people want to be. Emphasis should not be on non-waterfront
parks further than 60 feet from the water or on view corridors for cars passing by. The emphasis should be on the space between
the buildings and the water.
The Wharf, a modern real estate development on D.C.’s southeast waterfront, is a great example of how that 60 feet can
become magical when there are varied seating options and gathering places, and varied uses such as restaurants, shops, fountains,
residential and hotels. There are many European waterfront cities that line their waterfront with restaurants. We need a critical
mass of destination locations along our water’s edge. That might mean at least 12 restaurants, two hotels, three fountains
that kids can jump in and out of, and one or two performance venues. Residential towers by themselves won’t activate
the waterfront. Bringing lots of people to the Inner Harbor waterfront 365 days a year should be our No. 1 goal in redeveloping
Harborplace.
We need to minimize the amount of public subsidy needed. Does the promenade really need to be replaced now with $400 million
of public money? It may be possible to do bulkhead repairs where necessary for far less dollars that will last at least 10
years to give us time to find infrastructure money for larger repairs.
We need an updated master plan that has thought given to how we can continually improve the Inner Harbor experience over the
next 20 years. I believe a people mover, such as a Gondola or a Monorail, to move people from the stadiums and convention
center to Harborplace should be included in a master plan. A bridge that would give residents and visitors an opportunity
to circumnavigate the Inner Harbor on foot and bicycle should be part of that plan. I love Visionary Art Museum founder Rebecca
Hoffberger’s idea of filling sidewalks with quotations of great Baltimoreans and Marylanders like Billie Holiday, Babe
Ruth, Frederick Douglass, James Rouse (my father) and many others.
We need a city government empowered, quasi nonprofit whose sole mission is focusing on how to implement an Inner Harbor master
plan and the best urban waterfront ideas from around the world. We had such an organization, Charles Center Inner Harbor management,
from 1965 to 1985. We need to reauthorize it for 2023 to 2043 and maybe beyond.
Ted Rouse (ted@heal-thy-planet.com) is president of Healthy Planet LLC, an urban real estate development company working to
restore historic buildings in neighborhoods with substantial vacancy. Waterfront properties he developed while a partner at
Struever Bros Eccles and Rouse for 25 years include Tindeco Wharf and Canton Cove. Rouse also was chair of the Baltimore Harbor
Endowment, which promoted completion of the 7.5 mile waterfront promenade, and chair of the American Visionary Art Museum
during its expansion to include the Jim Rouse Visionary Center.
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