Apartment City

Over the next week, SouthBMore.com will be posting development photo tours of all the projects under construction in South Baltimore . This tour features development in Otterbein, Federal Hill, and Sharp-Leadenhall. Check out SouthBMore.com’s South Baltimore Development Rundown for information about all the real estate projects under construction, recently completed, or in planning in South Baltimore . 414 Light Street The currently under- construction 414 Light Street development will include 394 apartments, 40,000 sq. ft. of outdoor and indoor amenity space , 12,300 sq. ft. of ground floor retail space , and a 550- car parking garage . More than 25 floors have been constructed and exterior glass is being installed. The site was formerly a McCormick & Company spice factory . Each of the building’s 41 floor plans will be named after a spice. 414 Light Street will offer studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments. More than half of the units will have private balconies. Ba...

A building at Woodcreek Apartments in Ypsilanti Township remains abandoned as the management and insurance company settle a dispute over the insurance settlement. Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com An eight-unit, burned-out apartment building in the Woodcreek Apartments off East Forest Avenue continues sitting vacant after a Molotov cocktail attack damaged it in a July 10 arson. A building left vacant with no timetable for demolition or repair is rare in Ypsilanti Township , where officials are tenacious in their efforts to quickly address blight . But this time, the township is caught in the middle of a settlement dispute between an insurance adjuster, Woodcreek management and the building's insurer. Also at stake is $120,000 in insurance money. The insurance adjuster, Craig Trombley of American Adjusters, was hired by Woodreek's owner, Ken Sharrock . Trombley is paid a percentage of the $120,000. The two accuse an Ypsilanti Township building official of putting residen...

WASHINGTON (Aug. 15, 2017) — The National Transportation Safety Board opened the public docket Monday as part of its ongoing investigation of the Aug. 10, 2016, apartment building explosion fueled by natural gas in Silver Spring, Maryland. The explosion and fire in a four- story apartment building , part of the Flower Branch apartment complex in Silver Spring, Maryland, resulted in seven fatalities and 65 civilians were transported to local medical facilities . Also, 3 firefighters sustained minor injuries . An attached, adjacent apartment building sustained explosion damage and was immediately involved in the fire. (This front view of the accident scene shows two explosion-damaged buildings on Arliss Street, Silver Spring, Maryland. Building 8701 is located at the right center and building 8703 is located at the left of the photograph. (Photo provided by Public Service Commission of Maryland) The docket includes factual reports that cover various aspects of the investigation, ...

NYC Living New York City architecture : You’ll see some sweet pilasters. So you’re trying to choose between one new apartment and another, and you’re telling your roommate or significant other that you like apartment A — in part because of that cool building it’s in. You know, that stately old building with all the, the … things on it. And your roommate says, uh-huh, yes, the things, I love those things, too. Let’s live in the place with the things. Those things have names. Wouldn’t it be fun to know them? It would! So here’s a quick guide to New York architecture — those things on buildings you always wanted to refer to but didn’t know the names of, plus some residential building styles you’re likely to run across in NYC. Because “things” are pretty, but names are useful. Elements of New York City Architecture Here’s a SoHo building with a serious cornice. That big, decorative beam at the very top of a building or wall is a cornice … Note the decorative lintels above some windows on...

SALEM — The door to Naumkeag Ordinary was padlocked Tuesday, signaling the apparent closing of the small downtown restaurant . Hours later, a protest on behalf of one of the restaurant’s workers triggered a police response at the business owner’s apartment. On Wednesday, two City Council candidates — Ward 2’s Brendan Murphy and Ward 3’s Lisa Peterson — have apologized for their role in the event. The protest centered around an employee who alleges the business owes her $1,500 in unpaid wages. She was supported by the Lynn Worker Center and North Shore Labor Council , according to Katie Cohen, an organizer with the council. The restaurant’s owner, Matt Brady, did not return calls seeking comment . At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, a crowd of a couple dozen people gathered at the Washington Street restaurant carrying signs targeting Brady and accusing him of wage theft. Eventually, as they realized Brady was not there, they headed for his apartment at 11 Turner St. Brady lives ...