1 20 4 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/e79b312be6896986549b94160a07f926.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=fmBHyQv6iIjFdcsmlxjWcc65Dfw0L1KBH8i0sj%7ErHoZLh3rgC4EA3M2NBr2iEB1zhE4i6rBCIS7vTa3R4-v0l9c8qThB4BvpsYw5n33dajP5iIolkYx9iacWjTZWk4gtvKoaEm%7EboJTE7Crz33XJRdCFrMxtOrK%7EO82e78is24G7wWzyDM%7EFNX6ud0pFRaSzqMowgK21uP8Gf3U6mSGjAV%7EgrPSjBnioVZLcg%7E6fnXyOhY2g29Hl93LwE5Xnm002Gc-JiewOMufosYWrrK8h68fJsHtq0N8ucvCcK-t9x7YcC5IgqDyaHfHup3ErVzu%7EItoc2h3MYwzQPwkjSjH0sQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 00021490b270e103305960f75ce96ba8 PDF Text Text r' I~ I f BALTIMORE MOUNT ROYAL-FREMONT OFFICE URBAN RENEWAL AND HOUSING AGENCY 1313 DRUID HILL AVENUE BALTIMORE 17, MARYLAND 669-3662 June 15, 1962 To Owners of Property in the ·1600 Block of Bolton Street : The urban renewal plan for Project I of the M ount Royal-Fremont Urban Renewal Area (Ordinance 912, approved July 3, 1961) includes the requirement that all structures not to be demolished comply with the standards of the plan. Inspections for the purpose of determining needed improvements have begun in the 1600 block of Bolton Street . I~. Bernard Scherr will make the inspections with ¥~. Francis Engle making the electrical inspections. ~ . The inspectors have been directed not to discuss your property while inspecting it. However, when you get a Rehabilitation Notice, please arrange a prompt meeting so 1that the inspector can interpret the notice . The Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Agency hopes that you will view this as an opportunity to do more than merely comply with legal requirements applicable to housing in this urban renewal area. There are many encouraging examples of a high quality of rehabilitation in this neighborhood. We believe that the increasing demand for houses of good quality in the inner city will justify an effort by all owners in this block to achieve a high standard of rehabilitation. The plans for Mount Royal-Fremont Project I (which is bounded by Dolphin Street, McCulloh Street, Laurens Street and Park Avenue and Bolton Street) call for a net expenditure of government funds of over $8,000,000 during the next several years. While owners of 442 structures are being asked to rehabilitate or improve their properties, the City will be purchasing and clearing less desirable structures to provide land for new private hOUSing, a new school and fire house, new parks , and new stores. M embers of our Mount Royal-Fremont Office staff located at 1313 Druid Hill Avenue will be glad to help you with any problems which may arise or answer your questions about the Project I plans or the inspection program. Our phone number is 669-3662 . We look forward to your cooperation and assistance in the improvement of the Project I neighborhood . Sincerely yours, ROSS W. SANDERSON, JR. Renewal Area Director � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Urban Renewal Files Description An account of the resource This exhibit presents documentation related to Baltimore's urban renewal efforts during the 1960s. The files include correspondence, speeches, editorials, newsletters, flyers, and maps from Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Renewal plans for the neighborhoods of Bolton Hill and Mount Vernon are highlighted, along with responses from neighborhood residents and homeowners' associations. The complete Urban Renewal Files (URF) collection at the University of Baltimore consists of 5 linear inches of archival records, which are described in an online collection database. The complete collection has also been digitized at the folder level and is also available in the collection database. For this exhibit, 20 documents have been selected from the complete collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Collections &amp; Archives, University of Baltimore</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <p><a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/111" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Urban Renewal Files</a></p> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">University of Baltimore Special Collections &amp; Archives</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1961-1965 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondece from Ross W. Sanderson, Jr. to property owners in the 1600 block of Bolton Street Description An account of the resource BURHA Renewal Area Director, Ross Sanderson, instructs Bolton Hill homeowners about housing inspections in the Mount Royal-Fremont Urban Renewal Area Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1962-06-15 Subject The topic of the resource Homeowners Urban renewal Urban policy Building inspectors Housing rehabilitation Bolton Hill (Baltimore, Md.) Baltimore (Md.). Urban Renewal and Housing Agency Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sanderson, Ross W., Jr. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context urf01.01.08a Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Urban Renewal Files, series I, box 1, folder 8, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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Urban policy Urban renewal https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/d1f0a941853417730d0ea9dbde194d74.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=Watv0wWprj201h6aFX5QZVIQILHie8ekuFYWxUPx4PvxcgHdlsI1BIMboyCHW-TyXn1qSnXl3WqKla2QU8oxylHWv9iqHLFab-KA1ecKay7usAVUbmOiX7G27Rugu3hPclo4fxhfnl3gkzvrqRqy9lwJCYGj%7EfRACrGKdzxZIEaGdwmnUcIPo9fRzpwqvAjNccvTtbTOyNExFiX9mTo%7EHapW2dB82oPqKbiWjA8sLZJXKtZGvEt-VlNfD1eewpL6g%7EUkFsBDraQmmEj%7E1ahiWiNkrp6MH0pw-pAnQbgmb4GyZF0Lijb5RkPqoWrigITsSQxobyVanzRlOAx55DoKZg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 88ddd1cb1c142bd8d21041c5bf0c6b17 PDF Text Text 711,. ;.../TTL£ SIS )c.<!..., Sac.) ery' or ,{.c,;t/£~ Ot/L.. TOfl/ .n:.-1= BURHA GO HOME! By Sally Goodspeed Bolton H111 Homeowner Homeowners Who are beIng helped by a "BIg Brother" In the shape ot the Baltimore Urban Renewal and HousIng Agency sometlmts grow restless w1thin the contlnes ot their bene!lc~nce. HOw, they begIn to wonder, and why, did we ever get so lucky? we are urged to take our doubts and our Questtons to BORHA, as the agency Is tamiliarly MONn . TO a risIng note ot querulousness In the Quest1oning, BURHA Is prepared to soothe. Your property values are rIsing, it may croon. Should the Questioning become strIdent. should the homeowner Insist that he does not want to be upgraded (upgraded to what?) and that he would be rather lett alone the way he was betore, tree to s1nk or swim, but tr •• ,. BURHA m~ apply some d1sc1pl1ne. , see here. BURHA w111 say: You asked tor 1 t. and thl s Is it. And there he has us. Because we dld. People were 11 vlng in appalllng slums close by. BURRA wanted to halt the t11ght to the suburbs; BURMA "anted to ball out the skIddIng downtown busInesses and preserve the Cl~18 core. BURHA. It we could get Its attentIon. would save our neighborhood trom encroachIng blIght. BUt. to do thIs, It had to have a law wlth teeth In it. A law wIth WhIch 1t could control the slum landlord. II. law wIth teeth 1n It. That "as the tIcket, the pOlitIcally nalve Illld the mIsguIded liberal agreed. In 1966, with City Ordinance No. OgZ, BURRA got Its la", BURRA could ~ .•. enter upon and inspect any land, buIlding ,or property~ in a renewal area "to ascertain tor 1 ts own !UnctIon and tor makIng avallable to the approprIate offIcers, departments, bureaus and agencIes ot the cl ty Information wI th respect to the existence or condItIons In any renewal area whIch are dangerous to the publIC health, morals. safety or welfare .... n BJt the problem ot the tenement or slum Is a d1ttl cult one to solve It Is tar easIer to demolIsh a slum and relocate it outside a renewal area than · it Is to cure its prOblems where 1 t stands. ThIs redistributIon ot slums could hardly be In Ule best Interests ot the cl ty or ot . the people who l1ved In them. BU1ldlngs are not the only tlling involved. people cannot be pushed around w1thout sutterlng deterloration. BUt what BURRA lacks in wisdom, It is granted in power. In a renewal area, a slum block can dIsappear lIke magIc. For it has been considered consti tutlonal since 1954 under a renewal program to condF.!mn the property ot others i t the renewal agency deems the property a slum, or that the property mIght become a slum, or it it stands in the Nay ot the ci ty planners' dream. It has been cons1dered consti tut10nal sInce 1964 tor a renewal agency to seIze prIvate property tor resale to new pr1vate owners who can use the propertIes thus acquIred tor protlt-making enterprIses. It has been consIdered const1tutlonal sInce 1069 tor a health inspector to enter a private house without a search warran t. "A strange delet10n to make from the rourth Amendment," JustIce Douglas noted In dIssent. se tar, there are no known cases of morals 1nspectlons, but BURRA 1nspectors are health inspectors, bes1des being bull dIng and tlre inspectors, and they may gaIn entrance to prIvate houses wIthout a search warrant. #IJY housIng violatlon not clearly a matter ot anything else becomes a matter ot health. verm1n, It seems, can breed behInd loose wallpaper and In cracks In plaster. Chlldren may eat scalIng paInt. NObOdy wIll get out of palnt1ng at least some portIon at the outside ot h1s bouse. The violatIon Is agaInst Onels neighbor's property values, a newly entorceable ethIc In our society. BJt then. who ever thought "eld have block organIzatIons and block captaIns desIgned to toster a spirit ot cooperatIve compliance wIth BURBA? BloCk capta1~s are apt to spen~ a lot at tIme "orry1ng about the necessll4' that no one depresses anyone elsels property values. BURHA has recen tly e:xtended a pall1atl ve In the torm or an advlso~ revIew board composed ot top otflcials In the BUreau ot BUlld1ng Inspectlon, the Health Department and BllRHA. re" homeowners "ill have the stam1na to reach this court or last resort. ttle process ot appeal. alreactY available freQUently degenerates Into a Kafkaesque e:xchange ot letters, phone calls, IntervIews and re-Inspectlons during whIch the applicatIon of common sense 1s etfectively suspended by the renewal ordinances themselves. SInce the vIolator Is appeal1ng "Ithin the same departments that are chargIng him, it wIll bardly seem worth "hUe to approaCh the advIsory board. In a recent case InvolvIng a renewal Inspector, the supreme court tended to uphold the rIght ot 'entry. One just1ce abstained. The vote was tour to tour. One tears what their next deCision w1l1 be. BURRA w1ll never voluntarily return the homeowner to that dimly remembered past When he made his own designs and decisIons. BURRA Is sure we need It. Our pOInting across the border to the tree peoples ot the rest ot the ci ty does not conv1nce it that "e could also manage independence. They. 1t 1s deep do~ sure, need it too. So, the c1ty has proposed a neN Hous1ng code. The reQu1rements are much more demand1ng than those In the renewal ord1nances. All surfaces that ever have been paInted shall be pa1nted, tor Instance. AS the new code now stands, the heads ot the BBI, the F1re and Health departments and BURHA wlll be able to make any rule or regulat10n they see tlt in order to administer the code. A majorl ty decIsIon or those tour makes the rule a tact. ADd there Is a proposed new ZonIng Code. Homeowners w1l1 be required to obtaIn certIt1cates at occupancy renewable every year. There is no end to the help the c1ty wishes to be to the c1tlzens. BJt some way must be tound to reject 1t. I t It Isn't, we w111 all be lIving 1n utter--1t tlgbt--wal1papered-demoralizatIon. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Urban Renewal Files Description An account of the resource This exhibit presents documentation related to Baltimore's urban renewal efforts during the 1960s. The files include correspondence, speeches, editorials, newsletters, flyers, and maps from Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Renewal plans for the neighborhoods of Bolton Hill and Mount Vernon are highlighted, along with responses from neighborhood residents and homeowners' associations. The complete Urban Renewal Files (URF) collection at the University of Baltimore consists of 5 linear inches of archival records, which are described in an online collection database. The complete collection has also been digitized at the folder level and is also available in the collection database. For this exhibit, 20 documents have been selected from the complete collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Collections &amp; Archives, University of Baltimore</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <p><a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/111" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Urban Renewal Files</a></p> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">University of Baltimore Special Collections &amp; Archives</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1961-1965 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource text/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context R0124-URF Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2019-09 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 20 documents Subject The topic of the resource Urban renewal Maryland--Baltimore Neighborhoods Eminent domain African Americans Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource BURHA Go Home! Description An account of the resource A Bolton Hill homeowner expresses frustration with the Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Authority's activities Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1961 Subject The topic of the resource Homeowners City planning Slums Urban renewal Urban policy Baltimore (Md.). Urban Renewal and Housing Agency Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Goodspeed, Sally Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context urf01.01.05 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Urban Renewal Files, series I, box 1, folder 5, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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Urban Renewal and Housing Agency City planning Homeowners Slums Urban policy Urban renewal https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/e8c781f7350f86db924ee16d699870d0.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=nPlM-NeO525ZSOQBu6MpAQeXY2WjaalkdPjnD4NIxLP15hAXsJIZ79pQ360HrPEvrJvMGaP8R%7E7jxHcH8yhkQXSW3ocVydx4BPxh1dyy6GAeb3LbjgM927UYBWbmHVohQ5xmERGt-3tlAlUNOSU%7EF2FJX94KuUoNUssTMHKll0lBHwyo9Fo3p8iuGSg-So-seJ9JcKMzt3tvaZJDKzbg7wWrC1g8WEO2sTrV-W88uVrLkF0OyHwZTNORGnK8-sHoM1TEcFf5gYYX7KdAuUfWqd-p5z2CvzSZty6-QY1PyM7lmaiVKXyuiU8p95FYlpS6eU3M%7EmcmBqQNEQLLQJCT-A__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 40b6b371d4e997aa2071528e53fba019 PDF Text Text ROSEMONT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Baltimore, MD 21216 1423 N. Ellamont Street Baltimore, ND 21216 J anuary 24, 1972 City Council of Ba ltimore City Hall Ba lt imore , MD Dear Sir: The Rosemont Neighborhood Improvement ASSOCiation . which is a l so affiliated with the coalition, Hovement Against Destruction (NAD ). re affirms it s position t aken since 1967 regarding the Eas t-t'lest Expl'essway sys t em t hrough Baltimore City . We arc opposed to any expressway system which goes t hrough th e inner Furthermore, no one has ye t provided us with suffic i ent evidence t o convince us of t he need for any r oad a t a ll . nlcrc arc many parts t o t his City. wh o l e expr essway question which should be anS\vered before t he concrete ribbons f urther invade Baltimor e . City be a place t o live? The mos t important question be i ng should Baltimore We in th e Rosemont Community ponder thi s question, as look at our devas t ed and deterior at ing neighborhood, which was once a ve r y attractive coh esive and stable communi ty. The thre a t of t he East - t~est expressway and the c ondemna tion ordinance inour neighborhood did no t give any incentives for maintaining or preserving t heir homes . Nany homeowners fled and took up residence in other areas cre ating overcrO\V'ding and densi t y problems in th a t a r ea . Vacan t homes in the Ros emon t Commu nity be came vandalized and by th e time th e cond emnat ion ordi nance was lifte d in December 1970 , Rosemont was no l onger th e attractive, st ab le c om munity with handsome well -maintained homes . Yes , the Rosemont Commu nity had been de s tr oyed . Baltimor e Cit y in an attempt to r edeem itself and r ecoup some of the mi ll ions of dollars spent for c onsu lt an t f ees and purchase of homes , i nstitut ed th e fed era lly subsidi zed r ehabi lit ation program to renovate and sell homes in the Rosemont Community for approximate l y $16,000 , a l ot more t han the City paid the original owners . Of additional concern t o us is also the very e l abor a te proposa ls for j oin t development opportunities in the condemmed areas . We wonder hO\.". r ealistic and fact ual are th ese promises , or i s thi s jus t an a ttemp t t o make the r o.a.d oore pal a t ab l e and ac ceptab l e t o t he Community . }[any c onc ep t s have been proposed for joint deve l opmen t but little or no mention i s being made concerning how or when .' r �." . City Counci l of Baltimore J anuary 24, 1972 Page 2 these proj ects will be implemented . of money to finance t hese projects. Hore i mportant ly , what will be th e source Because of th e scope of th ese joint develop - ment pr oj ec t s , it i s obvious that there would have to be some degr ee of cooperation and coordination between t he severa l city agenc i es (i, e ., City Pl anning Department, Department of Public Works, Depar t ment of Housing and Community Development, Board of Education, Bureau of Recreation, etc). This type of unity of purpose has not been very evident, as a consequence the success of a joint development venture is doub t ful. He therefore wonder what guarantees will be given t o th e Community th a t th ese proj ec t s and proposals ~lOuld become a r eali t y even if t he r oad i s built. The contract of the Design Concept Team s t i pul a t ed t hat the high,,,ay ,wuld have to provide for th e social , economic, and esth e tic needs of t he City's environment . Today , in all cities , the key to th e success of any program is CQ}IHUNI'IY PARTICIPATION. Peop l e in all parts of t he city want t o fee l t hat they are par t of t he decision-making process , especia lly i f that pr ogram or project i s t o affect t hem. The Ro semont Neighborhood Irnprovement Association cannot favor any high way ali gnment \-lhich t ends t o disrupt and destroy ne i ghbor hoods , and along with it , create serious rel oca tion problems for many people. It is our feeling that i f a major portion of the efforts and money being spent for urban highHays were redirected and coordinated into some comprehensive pl anning for interacting urban programs, such as housing, tr ansportati on , education, recreat ion, and health , this ty pe of pl a nning and r esour cefulness wou l d uplift the hearts and lives of all t.;ho share th e ci t y, and perhaps t he n we cou l d finally make our city a be tt e r place in Wh ich to live and to work . .C/yp/J9lL' JOS¥ H S. WILES Ros emon t Neighborhood Improvemen t Association ,... - �ROS"' :ONT NEI G:, 30RHGCD I 'PROVE. lEAT ASSOC IJ-TJ ON Pr esented by I (ary 1.IC ! I. J A.f.... ARy 27. 1:'> 72 f..os eJ lond tragedy of r ehab ilitat i on r e l ated to t he Eas t- "/es t Expr ess",ay syst e!l is that enpliasls has a l ways been on r es t oring houses. its att en tion to t he tluoan After t hi s t ile city t hen turns be in ~. Tole tragedy of r ehabilitation is t he city beine required to r e l ocate 3.0 11 f amili es becaus e of an exr r essway -- an expres s\lay t ilat we r ea lly don ' t need. l{e ui11 agree t Imt th e city is shouing evidence of realizing the i :nportance of t :\C human being . Yes. t ;ter e i s r ecen tl y--a Rosemont Office. n o;~ es t ab lished in t he Rosemon t /\rea--only TIl is is one of six fi e l d offic es f r~ t he D epartment of !-lousing a nJ CCl'lr.lunity ucvl.:loIY,H mt. :"lith t ur ec full time and two part time cOliDunity or ganizers t he office is r esponsible for t :le r e.:' abilita tinp e ffort of res toring t he neigilbo r :lood condition to what it originally uas . ou t t his offic e \" /as established. as an afte rthough t--aft e r cons i deraiJle p lea an cry by r esident s ;.,.ho "'er e brave e noueh to renain and det ermilled enough to r eoain in t h e cond emn ed Ros enon t area . Is it possilJl e thn. t t he es t ab lis hnent of t h i s offic~ is just ano t her ,.,!ay of th e 'City Fathers ' ar'pcas inr Pear l e? Is such an offi ce and its rehabilit a ting p rogr~ adequa t e t o r est ore a ~rok en ne i gh borhood to on eness cons i uerin£" th e tine a llowed for t ile co:apl etion of t he p rogram? They a r e a llold nE t !lr ee year s t o r es tore a neighborhood t hat has been alloHed to d e teriorat e for six years. thCL~ sel ves Three year s fo r B group of peopl e to organize and a community t ha t has Leen overcrO\'!dcJ . disrup ted. conder.n ed. vandaliz ed; a cor.rJunity t hat has many. nany reasons not t o tru s t . A dd to t hi s t h e fac t t !.at citizens r ecomocndations a r e not fo ll ol"lcC and t :la t our busine sses a r c not �beine r ehab ilit at ed. Is ti d s the way t o ret tor e t lds ne i gilllorhood t o wilat it originally was? The tragedy of r eh.abi lita ti on is it s uncer t a inty. of t hree years t he rehabilitatec! i10uses in the !'~la t \"Iill happen t o t he ~17 ~osenont ".~l at happens if at t he end Ar ea llavc not been so l d? , DOD se lling :,ricc of th ese hones ana othe r hOMe s in t ;1C area, whose owners arc being forced to bring t hen \lP to L-uildinz: code requirements? !Ii ll t hey continue to be rent ed to lIe lfa r c: cases? Our conmunity is begg ing fo r cOIDunity services in education, nealt: l , and sanitation. :1hat prog r aJ"" of rehab ilit a~ tion has been estai.l li shcd for the 1880 fani li cs that have been r e located? Is SUC!I a proerao of r ei lab ilit3tion adcQuatt: consi cier ing the trenendous aP.lount of taxpayers 1 nonies invel ved in estab li shin?" maint aining , training, and s t affing this and othe r b ranch offic es of t he Derar ment of IlOus ing and CCJ"'..muility ueve l opment ? How lone wi ll it take progrnns di r ect l y relat ed to t hc counse ling of Feopl e to oe estab lis hed? IiO\~ l ong ,d U t hese p rogr ams be cost t ae taxpayer? Are He ov ~r ~a i n t ainoc.? Hot! tiucr. will t hey willing to pay t ile cost, not only in P.oscnont but a ll t he city ,.,here peop l e :!.r e being disp l aced? ntEitE r;,\5 NEVER BEEN A NEED FOr,. T:m ROAD. A!lc! consequentl y there s l.ou l d no t be a need for ao r e RosCDont Off ic es a ll a l ong t he proposed route. Sur e l y a r ehabi lita tion prog ran that houses rat her t:lan t he c HCnity of I: ln U focus~s on t he r es toration of can never be desc ri bed cs appea ling !'rno amone you lIou l d eagerly l ook fonlar d to r chaJ ilitation? � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Movement Against Destruction Description An account of the resource This exhibit examines community opposition to expressway construction in Baltimore during the 1970s through the organizational records of the Movement Against Destruction (MAD). Founded in 1968 as a coalition of 25 neighborhood and community groups, MAD's leaders included George and Carolyn Tyson, Barbara Mikulski, Walter Orlinsky, Norman Reeves, and Parren Mitchell. The complete MAD collection at the University of Baltimore consists of 9 linear feet of records, which are described in an online collection database. The complete collection has also been digitized at the folder level and is available in this guide. For this exhibit, 32 documents have been selected from the complete collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Collections &amp; Archives, University of Baltimore</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/80" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Movement Against Destruction Records</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">University of Baltimore Special Collections &amp; Archives</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968-1983 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of these images is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource text/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context R0062-MAD Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2019-09 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 32 documents Subject The topic of the resource Express highways Maryland--Baltimore Urban renewal Highway planning Community activists Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rosemont Neighborhood Improvement Association Description An account of the resource Correspondence from Joseph S. Wiles of the Rosement Neighborhood Improvement Association to the Baltimore City Council regarding opposition to the construction of an East-West expressway system and its impact on the Rosemont community Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1972-01-24 Subject The topic of the resource Homeowners' associations Community life Urban policy Highway planning Eminent domain Rosemont (Baltimore, Md.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rosemont Neighborhood Improvement Association Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mad06.04.22 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Movement Against Destruction Records, series 6, box 4, folder 22, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. The University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives makes digital surrogates of collections accessible if they are in the public domain, the rights are owned by the University of Baltimore, the Special Collections and Archives has permission to make them accessible, or there are no known restrictions on use. Due to the nature of archival collections, rights information is not always discernible. The Special Collections and Archives is eager to hear from any rights owners wishing to provide accurate information. Upon request, material will be removed from view while a rights issue is addressed. Contact the Special Collections and Archives for more information regarding this image. Community life Eminent domain Highway planning Homeowners' associations Md.) Rosemont (Baltimore Urban policy https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/34bff37b2523e7feefab435dec56158d.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=Sd3zZ50mPf08f9hF9jpSY8wh%7EQGkfrywt9QhYNwOReDfPPSFxizi-4u99NbkIh0d8dRF5iSxUaNOJ0VzgrvUdEQgLf0KLxWAMVZTCEtijbwcrTnyBJU25H7ZejHNDY-5aIribyPVduj5x9VZn1-y1oQTUEI-esU6QezcBqkHZPHMBXYRIyeOsaGMtoP-tNZN64mNwTjZL0EL2w3FRcYEsiJtMliFI5FEAeCEWLxocfQzVBTgIBWDtXa6AO-3sHRx4sE-3DdnUuKbI8d6KcdOYouXhZbGciQueBNyP0nR0Uu70qPQS9P8XcWL7rpUovxHOq4MzRzn0DOFYo9QACF9Mw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 65b4cb17aea5bb6d9e77734dff62c4e4 PDF Text Text ~ . Statement of DELEGATE WALTER S. ORLINSKY (D., Z-B. City) Presented at the Rosemont Corridor hearing August 6, 1969 This hearing tonight marks an historic moment in the long and treacherous history of road building in Baltimore City. For the first time the citizens at large have an opportunity to discuss not only a particular potential routing of a road. but also the very basi~ for any road building at all. Some years ago the experts gave Baltimore City a road plan and a series of condemnation ordinances. Th e issue, while debated in the City Council, was largely for the citizen an exercise in futility. The alternatives presented were on an hall or nothing" basis, and those who opposed the condemnation ordinances were confronted with the argument of the experts and the statement that their judgment was the only valid basis for a decision. Since that time new and different experts have looked at our roadway problems and reached new conclusions. The deserted corridors of our City and the de80la~ tion of many fine neighborhoods stand witness to the manifest tragedy of the earlier condemnation ordinances. It is particularly tragic that neither Mayor OtAlesandro nor Donald Schaefer. who are the authors and engineers of the passage of these ridiculous ordinances which have since been repudiated by every reputable expert. are not here tonight to hear what the people have to say about their roads and their concepts and their teams and everything else. It should be clear then to the public officials. whether Civil Service or elected: that no major plannine process should be permitted without large scale public participation, and I mean participation from the inception, not the kind of pation we have here where we are given our chance to pick a poison. partici~ If you are dead. you are dead; and it doesntt matter what kind of poison you die from. Government is not created to serve experts. It i8 created to serve people in the broadest sense. It is ironic that the people of Baltimore. now being given a first chance to address themselves to this issue of public roads, do so before governmental agenCies who adamantly opposed their right to 90 participate. For many of us who speak here tonight, there remains a lingering suspicion as to just how much value �.' , • • Orlinsky -Z will be placed on our words. table asked some p ~ ople I might say Mr. Addison d u ri n g his absence from the in the rea r wheth e r they thought this h daring had any value . I might say to you, Mr . Addison, u this h e arin g has any valu ~ . it is you who knows wh ether it does or does not, it is you who is going to h e ar what we say and ac t on it. We are trying t o live up to our c nd of tha re sponsibility. None of us is parti- cularly sure in view of your past c onduct and your age ncy's conduct and its relationship to our opportunity to say something, whether or not what we say here tonight wiU be effe ctive or wh e th e r this forum is a. legitimate forum to express opinions on problems of transportation in our City. We came in the hope that what we say can and will make a difference and that you experts who make your livings from our tax dollars will respond with patience and intelligence to our views. It is manifestly clear that Baltimore City. for all the millions of dollars spent on consultants, has never really developed a Master Plan for transportation. years, all planning in this area has been relegated to how and where to build For t"oa dR under the mistaken assumption that it was the only mode of transportation that n e ede d consideration. The Parsons -Brinke rhoff mass tran~it. sllt.d)' was unde rtaken with a contractual unde rstanding that the highway system was a "given" and that transit planning must revolve around it. This was and is illo2ica1 to the point of absurdity. It is . to my mind. reason enough, in and of itself, to say stop to both the roads and transit systems being planned, designed or built . Unlike some of my fric.nds and colleagues who oppose any superior roadway anywhere. any time, 1 r e cognize the need for some major road construction. believe roads can and should playa rol e in a total transportation picture. in Baltimore lack a total transportation picture. 1 But. we We have bits and pieces that look like comprehensive plannina . but they ar e not . 1 believ e that the City and State should st e p back and try to take a look at what an honest to God total transit system would look like in the Baltimore area and what our priority needs are. To say. "Well. it doesn't matte r, Delegate Orlinsky, we will need an East-West Highway anyway on a priority basis" is begging the real question . �, • • Orlinsky - 3 Acc e pting the n ee d [or an East-Weet Highway for argument sake, of how many lanes, and of what type, bas e d on an int e grate d transit system. and answe rs inter e st m e . These questions Cost account more transit lanes or other modes against the total highway costs and let's make our judgme nts then. the East-West mass transit syste m took the road as a "given", the r e al options before us. We don't have We have options of roads for roads. of transit that w e r e pr ese nt e d to us with a road as a " given " . R~m c mber We have options We don "t know wh e the r lHass transit if properly laia out can provide us with a total alt e rnative to roads, another. Nobody knows that and nobody is in a position to say on e way or And th (:: technocrats hav~ not provid e d us with this. You arc all sur- rounded with roa cis and roads money, and a.U you can think about is roads and roads mon e y. and you are divinely attache d to roads a nd roads money. doe sn't m ea n that we and th e public hav e to like it or ac cept it. to accept your ol"'inions as unbiased and unpr e judice d. But that Nor do we have I would say here that this hearing is prima facie prejudic e d in favor of th e roads to b e gi n with, because every singl e blast e d .1-'c rson associated with the State Roads Commission with the D e sign l~. a.Qd with eve ry other form of t>lanning h e r e is living off the roads mon ey , that c v .;: rything they do is tied first and for e m os t and primarily to justifying th e e xistenc e of roads. I don't think under these circumstances we can ge t a l e gitimate h earing. You repr ese nt something that is alien to what we are talking about. We have b ee n told that th e us e of something called IIJoint Dev e lopment " will make it possible for Baltimore to have its roads and to like it. magic numb e r of possible programs was in the 40 ' s. to IS with only 2 under r eal liv e planning. soever in planners and their proc e ss . us in almost 19d4-likc fashion. and make choic e s. At one point the Today 1 am told it is down The public properly has no faith what- You use our tax dollars to make plans for We are not given a chanc e to h e ar the options All we g e t is your plan to us, take it or leave it. anything el s e gains us nothing but a bus e for f oolishly bucking th e us to hir e o ur o wn e xp e rts is an insult. expe rts. To suggest ~xperts. To ask You arc bdng paid our money to be our You must share with us the options, all the of>tions. We f ee l there can �, Orlinsky - 4 be no meetings that you have that are secret. have that are Secr~t. There can be no documents that you They are paid for with our tax dollars by the citizens. There are no secrets that you can or should have from us. 1 beli.::ve that the public has the intelligence to make choices. Past history gives no reason for b e lieving in the omnipotence of consultants. I say n..:> highway in Rosemont or anywhere else unless and until we, as citizens, can s ec what the " Joint Development" is. How ml.lch will it cost? becaus e ~ kidmore, Wh ~ re will it gO ? What will it do? 'A ho is c o mmitte d to th e programs involv cci? Owings and Merrill mak~ Just a nic e plan does not m e an anybody will buy it O)r s hould. Gentlemen, in short. if you want your road, r~m ~m ber want our city to be a place fit for human, not vehicular habitation. what you will do for our city and we will listen. 'W ~ we want vur City. You show us But you come here with the notion that your prime responsibility is to move traffic with the saint-like Highway Trust Funds and we must say, as General McCauliff said to the Germans at Bastogne, " Nuts " . secrets from us . It is our money you are using. You have no right to keep We the public, not just an ag e ncy, are th e clients. Either we are part of the process of arranging our lives or democracy loses its meaning . The technocrats have take n over , and all we have to do is bow and scrape and say yes, Mr. Technocrat, this week it is this, and noxt w ee k it is something else, and everything is just going to go along just fine. We arc not part of anything any more. The city is a living whole and nobody can or should be permitted to tamper with anyone part of it in isolation. Take us as a whole . Deal with us honestly. Plan for our total needs. plan with us not for us , or plan not at all. I believe that you too have to carry back a message to those higher type public officials who don't have the guts to be here tonight to listen to what people say. The people who w e re here tonight were talking the language of human beings. You can sit there smugly and laugh. you can sit there knowing you have got the money and the marbles, and G eo rgie Fallon is going to k eep it going in there for you, baby, and you are going to be on th e public teat e ndl es sly . �• • 0rlinsky - .5 It is going to stofl. These people out here have to live . th e y have to be given an opportunity to breath e . They are human b e ings, human beings, and you are not gi v ing it to th em. th ey d ese rve consideration as Until you do you are not going to find th e kind of bitter and raucous dissention that is now tearing our country apart . Escalate, and you are gaing to b ea r tha r es ponsibility. You are not going to g e t out of that tomorrow, and you will cry with eve ryb ody dse for our own stupidity of not listening to human b eings wh e n th e y cry out in n ee d, when th e y cry out in despe ration, having spent life tim e s doing eve rything that American says you should do in o rd e r to be a citizen, and the n watch when h ere comes the concrete . For what. and for whom and why? n eve r look(:d at th e whole thing. L e t's b \;: hon es t with ourselves. Wt; have We are d an gling a t the e:nd of th e 90 -10 money. Thi s is not gov e rnm en t, it is stupidity of th e high es t :.o rt. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Movement Against Destruction Description An account of the resource This exhibit examines community opposition to expressway construction in Baltimore during the 1970s through the organizational records of the Movement Against Destruction (MAD). Founded in 1968 as a coalition of 25 neighborhood and community groups, MAD's leaders included George and Carolyn Tyson, Barbara Mikulski, Walter Orlinsky, Norman Reeves, and Parren Mitchell. The complete MAD collection at the University of Baltimore consists of 9 linear feet of records, which are described in an online collection database. The complete collection has also been digitized at the folder level and is available in this guide. For this exhibit, 32 documents have been selected from the complete collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Collections &amp; Archives, University of Baltimore</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/80" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Movement Against Destruction Records</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">University of Baltimore Special Collections &amp; Archives</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968-1983 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of these images is governed by U.S. copyright law. The University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives makes digital surrogates of collections accessible if they are in the public domain, the rights are owned by the University of Baltimore, the Special Collections and Archives has permission to make them accessible, or there are no known restrictions on use. Due to the nature of archival collections, rights information is not always discernible. The Special Collections and Archives is eager to hear from any rights owners wishing to provide accurate information. Upon request, material will be removed from view while a rights issue is addressed. Contact the Special Collections and Archives for more information regarding this image. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource text/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context R0062-MAD Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2019-09 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 32 documents Subject The topic of the resource Express highways Maryland--Baltimore Urban renewal Highway planning Community activists Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Statement of Delegate Walter S. Orlinski (D., 2-B) Description An account of the resource Presented at the Rosemont Corridor Hearing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969-08-06 Subject The topic of the resource Civic leaders Political activists Highway planning Urban policy Politics and government Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Movement Against Destruction (Organization) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mad06.02.09 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Movement Against Destruction Records, series 6, box 2, folder 9, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. The University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives makes digital surrogates of collections accessible if they are in the public domain, the rights are owned by the University of Baltimore, the Special Collections and Archives has permission to make them accessible, or there are no known restrictions on use. Due to the nature of archival collections, rights information is not always discernible. The Special Collections and Archives is eager to hear from any rights owners wishing to provide accurate information. Upon request, material will be removed from view while a rights issue is addressed. Contact the Special Collections and Archives for more information regarding this image. Civic leaders Highway planning Political activists Politics and government Urban policy