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Top of the World observation deck will stay open until Nov. 30

3 days ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Ed Gunts

The Top of the World observation deck will be allowed to stay open until Nov. 30, 2025, under an amended lease agreement between the City of Baltimore and the Maryland Port Administration, and city officials are talking with state representatives about keeping the space open even longer.
Interior design firm Crosby Jenkins Associates to leave Mt. Vernon

3 days ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Ed Gunts

The exodus of businesses from Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood continues. Crosby Jenkins Associates, an award-winning interior design firm, announced on social media on Wednesday that it plans to move from its longtime home in Mount Vernon to a building it plans to renovate on Falls Road in Baltimore County. The interior design firm has been based at 24 W. Chase Street for decades.
Another Barnes & Noble branch is disappearing in Baltimore

5 days ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Ed Gunts

Another Barnes & Noble branch is disappearing in Baltimore, after Johns Hopkins University decided to replace the national retailer as manager of its campus store in Charles Village. Hopkins disclosed last week that Follett Higher Education Group of Westchester, Illinois, has been selected to replace Barnes & Noble as operator of the store at 3330 St. Paul St., starting this month. The store is located on the first floor of a 10-story apartment building at a prominent Charles Village intersection.
Legendary filmmaker John Waters meets Lorena Gallo, who chopped off her husband's member

6 days ago | lgbtqnation.com | Ed Gunts

Out of the hundreds of people who stood in line to get a book autographed by John Waters this month was a woman who has possibly been the focus of more international media attention than the filmmaker has. The former Lorena Bobbitt, who now goes by Lorena Gallo, was one of the last people in line to meet Waters during a May 21 book signing event at Atomic Books in Baltimore, Maryland. Waters is well known for writing 10 books and directing 16 movies, including the 1998 comedy/drama Pecker.
Trees cut down to make way for senior living community

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Ed Gunts

Roughly six acres of trees and other vegetation in North Roland Park are being cut down to make way for a three-story senior living community on a hillside near the intersection of Falls Road and Northern Parkway. The partially-barren hillside, visible from sections of Falls Road and Northern Parkway, signals that NexCore Group of Denver has begun construction of The Gallery at Roland Park – An Experience Senior Living Community.
Dr. Michelle Taylor to be next Baltimore health commissioner

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Ed Gunts

Baltimore will soon have a new health commissioner. Mayor Brandon Scott announced on Friday that Dr. Michelle Taylor, a graduate of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has been appointed Commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) and will start on Aug. 4. “Dr. Taylor is a world-class leader, and I’m grateful that she’s bringing her talents and experience to Baltimore,” Scott said in a statement.
Former hostel to house individuals exiting homelessness

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Ed Gunts

A former hostel at 17 W. Mulberry St. is undergoing renovation and will provide affordable housing for individuals exiting homelessness, under an agreement between the building’s owner and Baltimore’s Department of Housing and Community Development. The city’s spending panel, the Board of Estimates, this month approved a request from the housing department to grant $300,000 to 17 W.
Baltimore’s Top of the World observation deck won’t close May 31

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Ed Gunts

Baltimore’s Top of the World observation deck, originally scheduled to close permanently on May 31, won’t be closing then after all. Robyn Murphy, interim CEO of the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts (BOPA), told a City Council budget committee on Thursday that the State of Maryland, the landlord of the observation deck, has agreed to let BOPA keep the attraction open past May 31, when its lease on the space is due to expire.
Bertha’s Mussels restaurant property in Fells Point is sold to lender

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Ed Gunts

Despite a flurry of bids, the buildings that housed Bertha’s Mussels restaurant didn’t find a third-party buyer when they went up for auction on Thursday. Instead, they were sold to a private lender, who had foreclosed on the previous owners. It was the second time in three years that the landmark buildings have gone up for auction. More than a dozen people gathered at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse on Thursday for an 11 a.m. auction of the real estate at 730 and 734 S.
‘Perfect leader’: Keshia Pollack Porter will be next dean of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, replacing Ellen MacKenzie

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Ed Gunts

After conducting a global search, leaders at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health concluded that their next dean was already on the faculty. Johns Hopkins University president Ron Daniels announced this week that Keshia M. Pollack Porter has been selected to serve as the school’s 12th dean. She will start Aug. 1. Pollack Porter will replace Ellen J. MacKenzie, who announced last September that she would step down on June 30, 2025, after more than seven years as dean.