Federal Hillsider The Monthly Newsletter of the Federal Hill Neighborhood Association May 2013 A Few Important Updates By Eric Costello I hope everyone will do their best to attend the General forward with this, it will be an enormous undertaking. Membership meeting this month, Tuesday, May 21, at 7 In the coming months, you will see information pm. We will be holding our annual elections. If you are presented on CHAP regularly at our meetings, as interested in running for the Board, please send an email well as documentation posted on our website. In the to [email protected] and I will get you a copy of the near future, we will be seeking your input by creating nomination form and conflict of interest form. In order to a survey on CHAP and will have an email address run, you must live within the Federal Hill Neighborhood solely dedicated to this effort. More information on Association’s (FHNA) boundaries and be a member in good CHAP is available online at: http://www.baltimorecity. standing for at least 30 days prior to the election. gov/Government/BoardsandCommissions/ HistoricalArchitecturalPreservation/AboutCHAP.aspx In addition to the election, we have presentations from/ • The angled parking pilot has been put on hold due to on: Baltimore Energy Challenge, the Community Garden a number of issues, but we hope to have a concrete at Digital Harbor High School (DHHS), the Baltimore answer on this within the next two weeks. City Department of Recreation and Parks (BCRP) and our • The proposed traffic circle at Key Highway and Light friends at South Harbor Renaissance on the playground at Street is now slated for construction to begin in Fall Federal Hill Park, and Baltimore Beach. We will also be 2014. No other information has been provided by the discussing how best to allocate our Grand Prix Community City or DOT. However, I have been informed that DOT Impact Funds from 2012. Here are some other important is available to present more information at one of our updates: meetings. • As discussed at the General Membership meeting • The casino impact funds will be discussed at either the in April, the FHNA Board has decided to protest the May or June General Membership meeting and we will proposed Cross Street Beer Garden. At that meeting, be taking suggestions to take back to the Casino’s Local the General Membership gave the Board the authority Development Council, where FHNA has a seat. to make this decision. We have retained the law firm of Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP as counsel, as suggested by the General Membership. If you would like to assist in our opposition efforts, please contact Keenan Dworak- A Young Hillsider Reader Fisher at [email protected] to find out how you Nora Kalman - Age 1 1/2 can help, or to see the petition that we are circulating. Neighbors should sign the petition only if they oppose the plans for the bar and fully understand the petition. If you have not yet seen the petition by May 12, please contact Keenan or me and we will make sure you have an opportunity to review it and sign it. • The FHNA Board and its Preservation Committee are considering the feasibility of creating a Commission for Historical & Architectural Preservation (CHAP) district in Federal Hill. The purpose of a CHAP district is to enhance and promote the culture and economy of Baltimore through the preservation of buildings, structures, sites, and neighborhoods that have aesthetic, historic, and architectural value. If we are to move May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 2 INFORMATION PAGE
Federal Hill Neighborhood Association Board of Directors FHNA Committees Consider Getting Involved Officers President: Eric Costello 410.528.1514 Please contact any of the Board members listed nearby Vice President: Vacant and express your interest. You will be welcomed. Treasurer: Gayle McClure 410.230.9419 Secretary: Bob Merbler 443.629.0162 Beautification/Green: Walt Saxon Block Captains: Open Board Members at Large Business Affairs: Jody Martin Board Member: Bob O’Donoghue 410.783.0174 Grants: Open Board Member: Ginny Gerhart 443.271.3218 Hillsider: Jeannie Malkiewicz Board Member: Jody Martin 410.332.0539 Gayle McClure Board Member Jennifer Nelson 410.727.0384 Bob O’Donoghue Board Member Mellisa Colimore 443.743.9290 Ginny Gerhart Nicole Quinn Liquor/Live Entertainment: Keenan Dworak-Fisher Bulk Item Pick Up Membership: Eric Costello You may place up to three items out for collection. One day per Bob Merbler month is set aside for this collection. All citizens have to do is call 311 and give the following information: Parking: Eric Costello Your address Ginny Gerhart Your telephone # Preservation/Design John Thompson What 3 items Public Safety: Mellisa Colimore Call 3 or more working days before your scheduled date. If you do Schools Liaison: Jessica Damen not know your day, please call 311. You may also schedule a collection at 311 Online. Social: Nicole Quinn Paul Quinn South Harbor To Request City Services Renaissance Liaison: Claire Johnson Call 311 6am to 10pm Technology: Jennifer Nelson or Online 24 hours at Trees: Rich Polan www.baltimore.customerservicerequest.org
Recycling and Trash Schedule: Set out by 6 a.m. Trash on Wednesday (in cans with tight-fitting lids) Recycling on Friday REMINDER!! Please put your recyclable materials in paper bags, cardboard boxes, City recycle bins or any container clearly marked “recycle”; at the same location as your regular trash. DO NOT USE PLASTIC BAGS. With single stream recycling, we send our materials to a processing facility which uses an automated system to sort and bale recyclables. May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 3 Block Captain List BATTERY: FHNA General 800 bl. Battery Ave., Andrew Gellene,[email protected] CHARLES: 700 bl. S. Charles St., Betsy Smith, [email protected] Membership Meeting and 800 bl. S. Charles St.(East Side), Bob O’Donoghue, [email protected] 800 bl. S. Charles St. (West Side), Robert Bennett, [email protected] 911 S. Charles (Henrietta Square), Mellisa Colimore, [email protected] Annual Elections CHURCHILL: Unit bl. E. Churchill, Andrew Swanston, 410-244-8541 100 bl. E. Churchill, Debra Nelson, [email protected] 200 bl. E. Churchill, Andrew Gellene, [email protected] Tuesday, May 21st, 7 pm, Unit bl. W. Churchill, Robert Bennett, [email protected] COMPTON: Christ Lutheran Church 900 bl. Compton St., Valerie Woolston, [email protected] COVINGTON: 900 & 1000 bl. E. Covington St., Gary Ly, [email protected] CROSS: 100 bl. E. Cross St., Dave and Judy Dadds, [email protected] 200 & 300 bl. E. Cross St., Doug and Jill Forbes, [email protected] 400 bl. E. Cross St., Navah Langmeyer, 410-837-6470 100 bl. of W. Cross St. (North side), Ashley Pescrille; [email protected]; 410-244-4810 GRINDALL: 200 bl. Grindall (South side), Brynn Matkoski; [email protected]; 410-340-4706; Debris, Bulk Trash, Recycling & Twitter: @Grindall_St 400 bl. Grindall, Michelle Li and Michael Lors, [email protected] GRINDALL’S YARD: eCycling Drop-off Location: Randee Askin, [email protected] HAMBURG: Western Sanitation Yard Unit bl. E. Hamburg St., Nancy Baum, [email protected] 701 Reedbird Avenue, 410-396-3367, 100 bl. E. Hamburg St., Valerie Woolston, [email protected] Mon. – Sat., 9 am – 5 pm (Labor Day/Memorial Day) 300 & 400 bl. E. Hamburg St., Michael Moriarty, [email protected] HANOVER: & 9 am – 7 pm (Memorial Day/Labor Day) 700 bl. S. Hanover St.(between W. Hughes and W. Montgomery), Tony Raneri, Tonyhoya@ For additional locations go to: baltimorecity.gov/Government/ comcast.net 800 bl. S. Hanover St. (East side), Robert Bennett, [email protected] AgenciesDepartments/PublicWorks/BureauofSolidWaste 900 & 1000 bl. S. Hanover St. (East side), Ashley Pescrille; [email protected]; 410-244-4810 HARDEN Unit bl. Harden Ct., Jon Paul Mathieu, [email protected] HENRIETTA: Unit bl. E. Henrietta St., Michelle Mills, [email protected] Unit bl. W. Henrietta St., Robert Bennett, [email protected] HENRIETTA SQUARE: Mellisa Colimore, [email protected] Monthly C.O.P. Walk HUGHES: Unit bl. E. Hughes St., Rich Polan, [email protected] Unit bl. W. Hughes St., Betsy Smith, [email protected] LANASA LANE: Thursday, May 23rd, Randee Askin, [email protected] LIGHT: 700 bl. Light St., Rich Polan, [email protected] 7 p.m. 800 & 900 bl. Light St., Richard Kaminski 1000 bl. Light St., Nancy Baum, [email protected] Meet in front of Porter’s MONTGOMERY: Unit bl. W. Montgomery St., Betsy Smith, [email protected] Unit bl. E. Montgomery St., Bob O’Donoghue, [email protected] at the corner of Riverside 100 bl. E. Montgomery St., Walt Saxon, 410-703-9133 200 bl. E. Montgomery St., Susan Bridges, [email protected] Avenue and Cross Street MONTGOMERY SQUARE: Robert Bennett, [email protected] OLIVE: Unit bl. Olive St., Ashley Pescrille; [email protected]; 410-244-4810 PATAPSCO: Unit bl. Patapsco St., Patti Sumner, [email protected] POULTNEY: Unit bl. Poultney St., Martin Christensen, [email protected] HAZ MAT Monthly RIVERSIDE: 1000 bl. Riverside, Guy Quallich and Betsy Royal, [email protected] Collections WARREN: 100 bl. Warren, Virginia Becker 200 bl. Warren (North side), Alley Firey, [email protected]; 410-812-0600 201 Warren Apts., Virginia Becker Northwest Citizen Convenience Center 301 Warren, Harbor Hill Apts., Richard Kaminski located at 2840 Sisson Street 300 & 400 bl. Warren, John Rehmert, 410-752-5399 WILLIAM: 700 bl. William St., Walt Saxon, 410-703-9133 800 bl. William St., Debra Nelson, [email protected] First Friday and Saturday of every month 900 bl. William St., Valerie Woolston, [email protected] from April through October 9am to 5pm. 1000 bl. William St., Brynn Matkoski; [email protected]; 410-340-4706; Twitter: @ Grindall_St WHEELING: Unit bl. E. Wheeling St., Jon Paul Mathieu, [email protected] May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 4 Upcoming Events compiled by Nicole Quinn May 8: Maryland Film Festival. Charles Theatre, 1711 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201. Noon. May 10–August 23: Summer Social Series. West Shore Park, Baltimore Inner Harbor. The series takes place from 5–8 pm one Friday of every month this summer. With live music performed by local bands; beer, wine, and mixed drinks; food trucks; a Waterfront Kids play area, and the Walter Sondheim Interactive Fountain, these socials offer something for everyone and are FREE to attend. May 10, June 21, July 26, August 23. May 16: Federal Hill’s Third Thursday. Enjoy shops, restaurants and galleries as they open their doors and welcome you with specials on this night from 6 to 8 pm. May 18: 138th Running of the Preakness Stakes & InfieldFest 2013. Pimlico Race Course. Live performances by international superstar Pitbull and hip-hop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. All day. May 22: Wellness Talk, “What’s Mindfulness Got to Do With It?” Free at the Institute for Integrative Health, 1407 Fleet Street (Harbor East), 6 - 7:30 pm. Increased energy, mental agility, and a positive mood have long been hailed as benefits of mindfulness, a way of experiencing our lives moment by moment. This interactive, experiential session will demystify the elusive thing called mindfulness and explain what it means for your health. Reservations are required, visit www.bit.ly/WhatsMindfulness. Questions to 443.681.7605. May 25–September 29: FREE Waterfront Wellness—Fitness Classes. West Shore Park, Baltimore Inner Harbor. Saturdays: Boot camp–8:30 am, Zumba –9:30 am. Sundays: Yoga–8:30 am, CrossFit –9:30 am. June 8–June 9: Honfest in Hampden! All day. June 23: First Annual One Piece SoBo Trash Mob and Festival. Save the Date. Follow us on Facebook for the latest information. https://www.facebook.com/OnePieceSoBo
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Doing a major spring cleaning and don't have the yard/public space to host your own yard sale? We have the solution! Light Street Presbyterian Church is organizing a Community Yard Sale on Saturday, May 18, from 8 am to 4 pm. Rent a space and sell your stuff here! Space rental is $20 ($5 additional if you need to rent a table). Set up time is 7 am–8 am. Or perhaps you would like to donate items for the church to sell to support its mission and ministry. To set up a delivery date and time, contact David Lascu ([email protected], 443-804-6896) or the church office ([email protected], 410-539-0125) to make the appropriate arrangements.
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Mr. Sausage: 410-300-7121 Best known for hot dogs, sausage, salad and soup Hidden Gem: Rolls
Mondawmin Fried Chicken: 410-685-2815 Best known for fried chicken Hidden Gem: hot bar, rotisserie chicken
Nick’s Seafood: 410-685-2020 Best known for crabcakes, raw bar, sushi, Maryland crab soup Hidden Gem: Happy Hour (Monday thru Thursday)
Pop Tacos: 410-605-0230 Best known for tacos (pork, beef, chicken, fish and shrimp) Hidden Gem: Cilantro noodle soup. Everything is homemade – no MSG
Pretzel Twist: 410-528-2772 Best known for the original pretzel and lemonade Hidden Gem: fruit shakes, mixed fruit, cinnamon pretzel and half & half (iced tea/lemonade)
Rosie’s Posies: 410-244-8773 Best known for flowers and plants Hidden Gem: Harry London chocolates, Ravens & Orioles T- shirts
Sweet Shoppe: 410-576-2910 Best known for Naron chocolates Hidden Gem: Best milkshakes in South Baltimore, Hershey’s ice cream
Tian’s Teriyaki: 410-900-7321 Best known for chicken and shrimp with rice, squid kabobs Hidden Gem: fresh cut cooked vegetables (we use all fresh ingre- dients)
Wireless One: 410-347-9939 Best known for Cellular phones, electronics, 4G modems, hot spots Hidden Gem: bill payments, Otter box, Skull candy, unlimited talking plans from $30/mo May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 9 Inappropriate Urination in Pets By Jill Shook, DVM, CityPets Veterinary Care & Wellness Few things are more frustrating than a dog or cat clients to put their dog on leash and tie the leash around urinating in the house or outside the litter box. their waist so the dog cannot be out of sight. That way Inappropriate urination, especially in cats, is a common the owner can interrupt the undesirable behavior and reason animals are taken to shelters or euthanized. reinforce the good behavior. There are several possible causes for this problem in pets, but typically the cause is either a medical or Inappropriate urination in cats can be a little more behavioral issue. Although the scope of this subject is challenging. Once again, medical issues should be too large to cover in detail here, I hope to give you a ruled out first and the cat should be spayed or neutered. course of action and some things to think about if you Addressing potential litter box problems may prevent are dealing with this problem. and/or correct inappropriate urination. The general rule is provide your cats with one more litter box than the Several possible medical issues can cause inappropriate number of cats in the household. Scoop the litter boxes urination in both dogs and cats: urinary tract infections, at least once daily; empty, clean, and replace with fresh bladder stones, kidney stones, vaginitis, liver disease, litter once weekly. Place litter boxes in quiet, low- kidney disease, arthritis, and feline lower urinary tract traffic areas where the cat will not be disturbed. Don’t disease (FLUTD) are some. Any animal that is urinating put the litter boxes near pets’ food and water. Lots of inappropriately should have a complete physical exam cats don’t like scented litters, hooded litterboxes, or and a urinalysis. Depending on the symptoms, the exam litter box liners. Make sure your cat is getting enough and urinalysis findings, and the age of the pet, further attention and playtime and try to eliminate sources of testing such as blood work, radiographs, and a urine stress for your cat. New people, pets, or furniture in the culture may also be recommended. It is important to house or stray cats or construction outside can cause note that it is very uncommon for cats less than 8 years stress and lead to inappropriate urination. old to have bacterial urinary tract infections. More often they have FLUTD, an inflammatory condition of If your pet continues to experience problems with the urinary tract, exhibiting a high numbers of white inappropriate urination, contact your veterinarian or an and red blood cells, but typically no bacteria. Do not animal behaviorist for further recommendations. With use antibiotics if no evidence of a bacterial infection patience, consistency, and persistence, house-soiling exists. issues can usually be solved. You can also visit the websites listed below. If your dog is urinating inappropriately and a medical www.catsinternational.org reason has been ruled out, and the dog has been spayed www.veterinarypartner.com or neutered, then it is time to look at housebreaking www.healthypet.com issues. In dogs it is important to establish a daily routine and to be consistent. Dogs should get up around the same time every morning, eat around the same times every day, go outside first thing in the morning and right before bedtime, and not go more than 8 hours between bathroom breaks. Obviously, if you have a new puppy or a senior pet they will need to go out more often.
Praise them for going to the bathroom in appropriate places. Teach your dog some sort of signal, like barking or ringing a bell, to let you know they need to go out. You have to catch your dog in the act of urinating in the house to correct the behavior; take them right outside, and praise them once they use the bathroom outside. Never punish a dog after the fact. I often tell May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 10 Artist Eileen Wold Explores Connection Between Ecology and Industry by Ann Wiker / Art Exposure My three-year-old loves the drive down Key Highway students, insightful questions about the creative process. through the tunnel and onto the Keith Avenue exit to Canton. He likes the train tracks and the ships and the industrial Eileen has a studio in the Load of Fun art space on North landscape. I’ve seen it differently through his eyes, and now Avenue in the Station North Arts District. Recently she I’m looking at it even more closely because of my friendship renovated an abandoned alley behind Calvert Street, as part with Eileen Wold. of a group exhibit called Axis Alley. She planted a temporary tomato garden there as a comment on the lack of fresh fruits Eileen is an artist living in Federal Hill, whose recent artwork and vegetables in the surrounding area. The emphasis on focuses on the structural elements of energy production. giving in Eileen’s work is rooted in her upbringing and her She became interested in the smokestacks, oil refineries, undergraduate experience with the community services and power plants that were appearing in the background organizations at Loyola University Maryland. She has led and foreground of her paintings; so she investigated how workshops for elementary school children in D.C., worked these structures connect to our daily lives. She visited the bedside with AIDS patients in NYC, and will soon lead a Baltimore Coal Terminal to learn where the coal was coming children’s art mural project at The Kreeger Museum in DC. from and where it was going. She explored the Brandon I asked Eileen what motivates her. “At a very basic level,” Shores Coal Burning Power Plant that’s visible from she said, “I make art to better understand the world around the Hanover Street Bridge and then created two transfer me. And I am finding that the more I learn and research, the drawings now on display at Umbrella Arts in New York more poetry I find in the response, and that motivates me to City. She traveled to West Virginia to explore the surface keep searching for more understanding.” coal mine industry. These research trips gave her a deeper sense of the connection between ecology and industry and You can see Eileen’s landscape work on display at the her own role within that bigger picture. Her West Virginia offices of Conti, Fenn, and Lawrence LLC at 36 South coal project is now showing at College of Notre Dame, Charles Street. She teaches drawing, watercolor painting, Gormley Gallery, until October 8. and digital painting through Art Exposure Inc. For more information on this exhibit and on the classes, visit www. Eileen was trained as a painter. Her history of landscape artexposureinc.com. painting informs all her art making. Although her smokestack paintings are done in oils, her Saturday & Sunday Brunch work encompasses drawing, photography, sculptural installation, and performance art house made bread & biscuits as well. “I found that over the years, as my Pasta Mondays subject matter deepened it became necessary for me to expand my approach to art making,” Music Tuesdays she explains. “Through interdisciplinary work, jazz & acoustic my art can respond to my research in the most relevant and sensitive way possible.” Wine Wednesdays tastings In addition to her interest in energy production, SoBo Hour @ the Bar Eileen has explored issues concerning our Monday-Friday 5-7pm waterways, air pollution, and sustainability. She is currently working on a project for the University of Maryland, Baltimore, that Brunch: Saturday & Sunday will feature art responses to the issues of 10:30 AM - 3 PM the water and air quality of the Chesapeake Lunch: Monday - Friday Bay area. Eileen earned her MFA from the 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Maryland Institute College of Art where she Dinner: Monday - Saturday helped to teach a class in Climate Change 5 PM - 10 PM and Sustainability. She now teaches at Anne Sunday Arundel Community College and through Art 5 PM - 9 PM Exposure Inc., in addition to creating her own 6 West Cross Street - Federal Hill art. She finds that teaching energizes her own outdoor seating ideas and forces her to ask herself, and her 410-752-1518 / www.sobocafe.net May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 11 Ditch Your Car Keys on Bike to Work Day, May 17
If you’ve ever wanted to ditch your car keys and bike Federal Hill’s to work, Friday, May 17, is the day to do it. Take part in Premier Jeweler Bike to Work Day, which Baltimore, along with the rest of the country, will be celebrating. The organization Bike Since 1898 Maryland will set up stations at 7 am all over the city to Your Engagement and perk up riders with coffee, breakfast snacks, and repairs, if needed. Most stations will stay open till 9:30 am. Wedding Band Headquarters Bike Maryland’s event planner, Mary Herbranson, Appraisal • Custom Design describes the Bike to Work Day movement as “a great way Restringing to promote bicycling as a viable commuting option, a fun activity, from a public health standpoint, and it encourages Expert Repair of Fine Jewelry important bicycling safety initiatives.” Buying Gold & Diamonds Two days later, on Sunday, May 19, Bike Maryland is sponsoring RecRide, an event that starts and ends in 1114 Light St. Federal Hill Patterson Park and offers two bike tours, of 12 and 30 410-727-3232 miles. RecRide also features Bike Jam, which according to Lic. No. 136 Ms. Herbranson, “plays host to super exciting, super fast pro cycling races. There will also be food trucks, beer, and a Bike & Health Expo.” Registration is open on the Bike MD website at www. bikemd.org.
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The Hill Street News by Jane Wehrle Street. Modest Rupert’s Attic, Door is Open” on April 27 at The an antiques store named for University of Baltimore was part of husband Modesto Ruperto, was the school’s Spotlight Program and at the current location of Phina’s featured an improvisational piano for many years. performance by Hitz, inspired by the art of Damen and Taylor. Host Then, says CARLA WING, her and moderator KIMBERLY LYNNE Last year at this time I was writing mother, at age 83, encouraged “lead the audience’s perceptions and about running out of my home in the her to provide something missing observations during the presentation middle of the night to see fire trucks, entirely from the Baltimore which combined music, artwork, and ambulances, and police cars clustered market: a fine linens shopping the creative process.” Jessica, called around REGI’S BISTRO at 1002 Light location. Now Phina’s is that “The Lewis Carroll of Baltimore,” Street. Regi’s recovered and is going shopping destination, offering, has won numerous awards for her strong. I am happy this year to report for example, over 5000 choices works, praised for their surreal beauty that ALAN AND SANDE MORSTEIN, for custom duvets and bedding and their ability to evoke haunting who held what they called a “fire sets. Carla also carries gorgeous memories of childhood and beyond. sale,” celebrated the anniversary of the towels and other accessories I am particularly touched by her event on April 10 with high revelry. for the bath. There, you will fascinating use of color. We are truly They offered their delicious food at a be amazed by hand-painted fortunate to have her in our midst. 25% savings for the occasion, and to scarves and pillows, soaps, and thank the first responders who kept the bathrobes, and more items in- Mark your calendars for a community calamity from being worse than it might store and easily ordered than I event that offers great things for adults have been, served the local firemen and could possibly list. The word has and children alike. Sunday, June 2, police for free. Many area residents spread and a mother’s vision and The JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL cannot imagine the community without a daughter’s dream have come will be sponsored by Federal Hill this local favorite. true. Her favorite part of having Main Street from 11 am to 7 pm on this business is working with S. Charles St. between West and Another local address is becoming customers to find out how they Hamburg. One of the favorite features a favorite of local residents and of like to live and what makes them of this event is KIDS’ KROSS on shoppers from throughout the Baltimore happy. She also loves Federal Cross Street on the south side of the metro area. PHINA’S FOR THE HOME Hill because “it feels like home, Cross Street Market. The fun includes at 901 S. Charles St. has a rich history. like living in a village. People live music on two stages, including the The store and building are owned by even bring you special tea when Honey Island Swamp Band, right off CARLA WING, who named the business you have a cold.” As for work, the JazzFest Stage in New Orleans; after her late mother JOSEPHINE M. she says she enjoys the artistry the Jamie McLean Band, and many BRAVO. In the mid-1980s, Ms. Bravo of putting together the perfect more. Arts and crafts, lots of food came to Baltimore from New York. She model bedding for a client. “All and drink options, a wine garden, and had been a trailblazer with careers in they have to do is get between Artist Alley are big attractions. JANE both politics and education, particularly the sheets and enjoy the night.” SEEBOLD says this is one of her noteworthy since she is a woman of color, favorite neighborhood events because making these advances during a period Congratulations are in order “it truly has something for everybody. when the going was seldom easy. One of again for Federal Hill’s own Our 60 volunteers make it happen. the highlights of that career included her JESSICA DAMEN, gifted artist Everyone pitches in to make it a years as New York Secretary of Labor, a and neighborhood activist, for success. It’s a testament to how people true breakthrough role. Upon retirement an innovative collaborative feel about our wonderful community. from these areas, she continued with effort with piano virtuoso Everyone is happy that day, and it’s a new activities and decided to open a ROBERT HITZ and fellow artist real celebration of city life.” business in Baltimore on S. Charles MAXINE TAYLOR. “The Red May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 13
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di · [s]sec′· ting the Baltimore Rowhouse (and exploring its impact on life in the City) by Jim Hall Part 4 - heating, cooling and indoor plumbing
coping with Baltimore’s freezing winters and hot uninhabitable, they could move the cooking out of the and humid summers kitchen into a shed attached to the back of the house or Fireplaces, for example, heated the early rowhouses– into the cooler cellar below. And they could sit on the one for each room except for the kids’ and servants’ (if front steps until late at night commiserating with the there were any) bedrooms. Later the iron kitchen stove family and the neighbors until the boiling bedrooms replaced the kitchen fireplace, and an iron stove, or a upstairs cooled off a little bit. Sometimes the heat was so Latrobe fireplace insert (invented by Benjamin Latrobe awful that members of the family would grab a blanket from Baltimore) replaced the other fireplaces. The iron and move to a grassy meadow in one of the City’s major stoves were a vast improvement over fireplaces, because parks and sleep on the grass each night until the heat wave the fire was confined within an air-tight iron box so that was over. Or they could spend a weekend in Ocean City the already heated air in the room would not be sucked (or, if they were wealthy enough, they could even enjoy up the chimney along with the smoke from the fire. And most of the summer in a summer house in the woods the fuel changed too. Coal took over from wood because to the north or alongside the Ocean or the Bay). (By a little bag of coal produced as much heat as a big pile the late 1800’s, they could also go to the movies during of wood. And the coal fire could be banked, so that it the hottest part of the day; movie theaters were some did not have to be tended in the middle of the night. of the first buildings in the City to be air-conditioned. Starting in the late 1800’s heating technology changed [The theaters used evaporated water, cooling towers on again: new rowhouses came with, and older houses were the roof to create the cool air that was pumped into the retrofitted with, monstrous coal or oil furnaces with big, auditoriums below.]) black, round ducts going every which way, tucked into Finally in the late 1950’s, the possibility of air end of the cellar on the way to the upper floors. conditioning the rowhouse itself arrived. A window air- Often coal was delivered through a chute from a conditioner plopped into the bottom of a window might sidewalk trap door to the coal bin in front of the cellar. be added that could blast cold air into the anointed room It was moved from the bin to the furnace by shovel. (and drip water down the outside brick). For a more Because getting coal into the furnace produced such a permanent solution, a sheet metal box was added to the greasy, billowy, black cloud of coal dust, you stayed out top of the furnace. It was connected by two runs of copper of the cellar until the dust had settled. But it didn’t only tubing to a second sheet metal box in the backyard (or on settle in the cellar - over time, the black powder made its the roof), which, because of the miracles of electricity greasy way up and into the entire house. Oh well. Today and mechanical refrigeration, created the amazingly cold you can still see a whole lot of the banged-up metal plates air that allowed the residents to survive the worst months buried in sidewalks that once led to the now unused coal of Baltimore’s miserable hot and humid summers. bins. What is the magic of mechanical refrigeration? Today the furnace has morphed again, into a tall tan (My father, who was an electrical engineer, once tried metal box tucked in a closet, with its ductwork almost to explain it to me when I was a kid. I still remember completely hidden within the walls and ceilings. It is that, after a couple of minutes into his very thorough fueled by gas or electricity. explanation, my brain went completely mushy.) But later And let’s not forget air-conditioning. Baltimore is I discovered that the explanation is really very simple. south enough and humid enough that air-conditioning If you compress a gas, the gas and its container is more than just nice during the City’s 2 to 3 summer become hotter (because the molecules of the gas move months. Early Baltimoreans had different ways of faster and bump into each other and the container with coping with the summers heat. To keep the additional more energy). And if you let the gas escape through a heat of cooking food from making the rowhouse kitchen continued next page May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 17 miniature hole into a second container with less pressure, R-22 for example has a global warming potential about the gas and the new container become colder (because 1,800 times higher than carbon dioxide. By law it cannot the gas is now lazier and its molecules bump into each be used in any new equipment and must be replaced by other less often and with less energy). less potent global warming gasses. It was phased out for So, in the outside metal box of the air conditioner, a use in new equipment in 2010 and must be completely pump compresses the warmed gas that it receives from discontinued by 2020. Several non-ozone-depleting the copper tubing loop from inside the house. Then, the refrigerants have been developed as alternatives, highly pressurized, now very hot gas, is cooled as it including R-410A invented by Honeywell (formerly circulates through the outdoor copper tube radiator that, AlliedSignal), and sold under the name Genetron (R) with the help of evaporating water and a fan, releases a AZ-20. This refrigerant was first commercially used by large amount of heat from the hot pressurized gas into Carrier under the brand name Puron. And as alternatives the outdoor air. to conventional refrigerants, natural alternatives, such as Next, the highly pressurized, but now cooler, gas CO2 (R-744), have also been proposed. is pumped through the other side of the copper tubing loop back into the house. Here the gas passes through a pipes, wires, and electronic dishes device with a miniature hole, called an expansion valve, Even if you actually know it, it is still hard to imagine into the low-pressure side of the system and as a result what it was like to live in the early Baltimore rowhouse becomes quite cold. The cold gas then flows through the that, in fact, had none of the utilities that we are so copper tube radiator on top of the furnace. And the inside dependent on today. air blown over that radiator becomes the cool air that is The first utility to arrive from the street was water, blown throughout the house. The warmer gas at the other at first delivered through wood pipes buried under the end of the indoor radiator is then returned to the outside street. (Last year I was talking to a supervisor who was unit on the other side of the copper tubing loop to begin working on the City’s project to ream out and repair the the cycle all over again. utility pipes under Grindall Street in South Baltimore. I The physics principle is the magic! All the rest of that told him about the original water pipes being made out of air conditioner is simply the machinery that moves the wood. He said, “I know, I’ll show you: I put the section gas through the copper tube loop, compresses it, pushes we found under your street in the back of my pickup the excess heat into the outside air, and then moves it truck.” Talk about one excited dude; my mind was back indoors, releases the pressure, and blows the newly reeling; I couldn’t even imagine what it would look like. cooled air into the room and the rest of the house. How did they connect them to each other? We walked up Now let’s talk about that gas: The first air conditioners the street and peered over the tailgate: it was gone.) employed toxic or flammable gases, such as ammonia, Initially the water was piped to a spigot in the back methyl chloride, or propane. They worked, but the gases yard to replace the backyard well (which had shared were extremely poisonous, or explosive, and could the backyard with the privy or outhouse (Oh my gosh! easily result in fatal accidents when they leaked. In 1928, I don’t want to even think about it), but soon it was Thomas Midgley Jr. created the first chlorofluorocarbon brought indoors to a spigot above the kitchen zink gas, which was named Freon. This gas was a very efficient (another Baltimore word [after all, some of the first conductor of heat and cold and was neither particularly ones were made out of zinc]). In most neighborhoods, poisonous nor explosive. sewer pipes arrived shortly thereafter. In some poorer The name was trademarked by DuPont for neighborhoods, indoor bathrooms really didn’t happen any Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), Hydrogenated until much later – the families used the outhouse in the Chlorofluorocarbon CFC (HCFC), or Hydrofluorocarbon back yard. And the family took baths in a portable tub (HFC) refrigerant gas. Each specific gas within the brought into the kitchen on Saturday night and filled with family of gases was also given a code such as R-11, R-12, water heated on top of the kitchen stove. Or in some of R-22, and R-134A to indicate its particular molecular the poorer neighborhoods, families could get all cleaned composition. The blend most used for air conditioning up at the local public bath near the public market thanks buildings has been the HCFC known as R-22. to the generosity of Henry Walters who gave the City the But all of the Freon gasses are extremely potent money to build them. greenhouse gasses when leaked into the atmosphere. continued next page May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 18 Baltimore has an amazing heritage of wealthy floor window where a back bedroom window used to be citizens giving back to the City. Henry Walters also are the visual reminders of that 1941 law. willed his rowhouse mansion on Mt. Vernon Place and Of course, there was still more to go. How about gas his carefully purchased art collection to the City. Johns service: originally for gas lighting, but soon it powered Hopkins founded the Universities and also gave away the kitchen range, the water heater (can you imagine a life vast sums of money to various charitable causes. (He is without hot water), and the new furnaces. And electricity sometimes credited with inventing the whole concept of - what could we do without electricity? You got all of philanthropy.) George Peabody followed Johns Hopkins’ the lights that you could ever want; they were bright, example and did more than his share. Even today, the they didn’t flicker, and you didn’t have to blow them out tradition has continued with Harry Weinberg, who made when you went to bed. And the electric clothes washing his money in real estate deals in Downtown Baltimore, machine and the clothes drier sure made life a lot easier. and Henry J. Knot, for example, and many, many And then came radio and TV and telephone and cable for others. the TV (not to mention all sorts of dish antennas on the The lack of indoor plumbing in some of Baltimore’s roof to pick up signals from satellites above), and DSL poorer neighborhoods was such a chronic problem for connecting to the Internet. And soon enough, glass that finally in the mid-1930s the City passed a law that fiber. The industrial revolution, now joined by the digital required that every residence in the City must have a revolution, keep on going faster and faster and they just functional indoor bathroom by the end of 1941. In the won’t stop. old part of the City you can see those 1941 bathrooms: a little concrete block back yard addition, or a second floor back porch filled in with siding, or a tiny, square, second
“An American in Paris” Flute and Piano Concert, June 1 at Light Street Church Flutist Andrew Foley and pianist Erika Knepp will dancers at the Peabody Preparatory and Conservatory, play a benefit concert at Light Street Presbyterian Anne Arundel Community College Theatre and Opera, Church, 809 Light Street, Saturday, June 1, at 4 pm. Compass Rose Theatre, the Annapolis Chorale and Entitled “An American in Paris,” the concert features Youth Choir, Columbia Pro Cantore, the Ballet Theatre classical music for flute, piano, and voice by composers of Maryland, and the Royal Academy of Ballet. She including Debussy, Copland, and Bolling. Donations maintains a private piano and vocal studio in the will be appreciated; all proceeds support the church’s Baltimore/Annapolis area. mission and ministry. For more information, contact Rev. Roger Scott Powers A frequent soloist, Andrew Foley has performed at at [email protected] or 410-539-0125. various venues throughout the United States and France. He was the first-prize winner of the 2012 Baltimore Music Club Competition. A first-year doctoral student at the Peabody Conservatory, Andrew is an active and passionate teacher and currently maintains a studio located between DC and Baltimore.
Erika Knepp, the choir director and accompanist at Light Street Presbyterian Church, is co-artistic director of the newly formed Light Street Chamber Music Series. She is a chorus member of Annapolis Opera and an active recitalist in art song and musical theatre. She has collaborated with instrumentalists, singers, and May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 19
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This past month the coordination of our of the Gwynns Falls Trail (GFT) that runs through our ongoing planning effort brought forth many fantastic neighborhood with funds from a GFT grant. Finally, results. Previously, 24 stumps were ground out during Parks and People has generously committed to match our Presidents Day event back in February. We then our spring procurement of 15 trees with a donation rode the wave of success from that Federal Hill of 15 more trees to further increase our urban tree Thinking Green (FHTG) Project all canopy—thank you Guy Hager, the way to Spring Planting. With funds Jeff Barrett, and Will Lam. Once from FHNA as well as the Federal Hill “Remember to maintain we catch our breath from all Business Association, Historic Federal this activity, we will re-map the Hill Main Street, and the Federal Hill our precious trees and FHNA/FHTG tree plan and look Hospitality Association, we again tree pits through the towards fall planting to plan our hired Parks and People Foundation for summer by cleaning, next efforts. Looking forward, street tree procurement and planting. let’s all remember to maintain In April, five white oaks were planted raking for aeration of our precious trees and tree pits along Montgomery Street, five lindens the soil, adding mulch, through the summer by cleaning, were planted along Light Street, and and providing deep-root raking for aeration of the soil, five lindens were planted along South and adding mulch. The mulch Charles Street. City Forestry directed watering.” provides some heat protection the city’s Department Of Public Works of the roots during the summer to cut 16 new tree pits in the sidewalks months. It also holds in moisture south of and along Ostend Street. Since the creation by restricting evaporation. Those tree beds deserve an of FHTG, the FHNA tree stewardship efforts have insulating blanket to get relief from the scorching sun. extended our mapping to include the main-street area and part of South Baltimore Neighborhood Association DEEP-ROOT WATERING—10 gallons minimum is beyond Cross Street recommended when mother nature does not provide rainfall. That's 5 large household buckets, and you Intermittently, we hired Parks and People to “amend” can't just spill out a bucket. Adjusting a hose down to existing empty or newly cut tree pits to facilitate new a trickle is the way to go, not washing away mulch plantings and insure the potential for successful growth. & soil by dumping out an entire bucket. You can tie We still have expectations for an extended spring a hose around the trunk & snake it back downward planting to include City Forestry as well as Parks and leaving it in place for an hour or so. Twice a month People. The city arborist has committed to planting 10 should be sufficient, but increase watering during dry to 15 replacement street trees—thank you, Erik Dehle conditions. and Jahmilla Wilson. Also Parks and People have Monthly C.O.P. Walk Thursday, May 23rd, 7 p.m. Meet in front of Porter’s at the corner of Riverside Avenue and Cross Street May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 21 ONE PIECE SOUTH BALTIMORE A Cleaner Neighborhood One Piece at a Time
Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/OnePieceSoBo Take the pledge at http://federalhillbaltimore.org/one-piece/ Volunteer by contacting Gayle at [email protected] or Bradie at [email protected] Objective: Our goal is to bring awareness to the citizens and visitors of the South Baltimore peninsula about the impact of trash to our environment, economy and quality of life. We are a coalition of neighborhood, school and business groups with a common goal—a cleaner South Baltimore peninsula! In support of the Program Objective, the One Piece coalition has developed a two pronged approach to addressing the trash issue on the South Baltimore peninsula—Awareness and Action Awareness: Take the Pledge: One Piece a Day!: We will reach out through social media, new letters, neighborhood businesses and other organizations to the community asking residents to sign a pledge to pick up one piece of trash each day and to not litter. Communication Campaigns: We will reach out via social media, new letters and signage to various groups with targeted communications about the impact of trash/litter on our community and the actions they can take to reduce their litter footprint on the peninsula. The Target Groups include: • Elementary Age Children • High School Age Children • Home owners • Renters/landlords • Real Estate Agents • Dog owners • Smokers • Restaurants and Bars • Businesses Marketing: • Social Media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram • Booths at Main Street Block Parties and other events. • I Took the Pledge stickers • One Piece decals Actions: Lead by Example: Don’t Litter! Pick Up! Take the Pledge: Pick up one piece of trash each day—Just Do It! Adopt-a-Block Organizations, private residents, groups and businesses are invited to Adopt-a-Block and agree to maintain that block with regularly scheduled cleanups.
Clean Up Projects One Piece will organize specific clean-up projects throughout the community. Organizations or private resident groups looking for community service projects are invited to contact One Piece to schedule a clean-up project.
Trash Mobs One Piece will organize peninsula wide Trash Mobs. Neighbors will gather at designated locations throughout the peninsula then “SWEEP" their area ending up at a central location for a Trash Bash party. These events can be sponsored by neighborhood bars and restaurants who will provide food and/or discounts to participants after the event.
Gayle McClure will coordinate the Awareness Campaign and Bradie Barr will coordinate the Action Campaign. If you are interested in helping out in any of the areas outlined above please contact Gayle or Bradie. May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 22 May 2013 Federalhillbaltimore.org Federal Hillsider Page 23
2013 FHNA Membership Form
If you would prefer to pay by credit card you can visit the FHNA website to register: www.FederalHillBaltimore.org and click on Membership in top right
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Make checks payable to: Federal Hill Neighborhood Association, Inc. Return via USPS to: FHNA c/o P.O. Box 27112, Baltimore, MD 21230
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