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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...

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, ...

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 ...

A toddler was hospitalized in critical condition after falling from a fifth-story window of a Park La Brea apartment in an incident police deemed an accident. It happened about 7:45 p.m. Monday at an apartment building at 360 South Burnside Avenue , Sgt. E. Vialta of the Los Angeles Police Department 's Wilshire Station said. A window was left open and the 2-year-old fell out, Vialta said. The boy suffered injuries to his face and body and required surgery at a hospital. Detectives from the LAPD's Child Abuse Unit were investigating the fall, Vialta said. "Many of us have asked about the safety of the windows," said Heidi Albee, a neighbor and mother of two boys under 4 years old. At a tower across the way, Albee's windows in her 12th floor apartment open and close with a crank. There are screens she and other residents say they can purchase to cover their windows. "If a child was running and wanted to just run into this, I am not certain that this woul...

Aug 28, 2014 USC senior cornerback Josh Shaw has admitted to lying about how he suffered his ankle injuries last weekend and has been suspended indefinitely , the school said in a statement Wednesday. Shaw said he suffered a pair of high ankle sprains Saturday night after jumping from the second story of an apartment complex to save his 7-year-old nephew, who was struggling in the pool. Shaw said his nephew did not know how to swim. He admitted to team officials on Wednesday that the story was a complete fabrication. Head coach Steve Sarkisian said Tuesday the school received several calls questioning the authenticity of Shaw's story and had been investigating the matter. Josh Shaw has been suspended indefinitely after admitting to USC officials that he made up a story about how he injured his ankles last weekend.  Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports "We are extremely disappointed in Josh," Sarkisian said in the statement. "He let us all down. As I have said, nothing in h...

The Tapiz at Mariposa apartment project , part of Denver Housing Authority ’s Mariposa District redevelopment project in the Alma Lincoln Park neighborhood . (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) People who are now happy to call the Mariposa District home would have tried to avoid the area in the not so distant past. “The projects came in here in 1952,” said Bob Cordova, a resident at the Tapiz at Mariposa. “This was the meanest goddamn area of Denver growing up, and it only got worse.” Cordova said he moved to the 100-unit Tapiz apartment building not long after the eight- story senior housing project was completed in 2011. “It feels safe in the area now,” Cordova said. The Tapiz was the first of eight redevelopment phases that Denver Housing Authority undertook to demolish and replace its 250- unit South Lincoln Park Homes . Several residents refer to the former complex as “the projects.” South Lincoln Homes complex along Navajo Street before they were demolished for the Mariposa Distr...

Six people had to jump to safety from the second story of a burning apartment building early Monday after an unattended candle caught fire .    HOUSTON - Six people had to jump to safety from the second story of a burning apartment building early Monday . The fire broke out at the Coppertree Village Apartments on W. Gulf Bank near Veterans Memorial at about 4 a.m.  Several residents were trapped and jumped from a window to get out.  “It had started in the living room so we had to bust through the window to get out,” said Audrey Richardson.  “I jumped with my baby to break her fall.” Two adults suffered minor injuries , including one woman who broke her foot in the fall and another relative who cut his arm breaking through the glass.   Two young girls were among the six family members who had to make the emergency escape but they weren't hurt.   # BREAKING cell phone video shows what apartment looked like. NW #HOU family of 6 jumped from 2nd story to escape! More on #khou...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a painstakingly detailed progress report chocked -full of new facts pertaining to last summer's Silver Spring apartment explosion . The report, which does not identify a cause or assign blame, contains 108 documents, including transcribed witness interviews , vivid investigatory photographs and fire department call logs . One witness parked his car along Arliss Street on the night of August 10, 2016. He recollected seeing a sudden "white flash" and feeling a "shock wave" overcome his body. The sheer force of the blast shattered some of the man's car windows and even dented one of his car doors. “There was a flash, there was shock wave," the man, who suffered a minor cut near his right ear, told investigators. “I must tell you that the explosion came from the apartment on the first floor. There were two apartments on top of it that basically went down on it.” A second male...

French architect Stéphane Malka has a very interesting proposal for how to renovate an old apartment building in Paris. Plug-in City 75, as the project is named, calls for attaching a series of wooden boxes to the building’s façade, which will have the dual function of increasing the interior space of the apartments, as well as make the structure more energy efficient. Malka came up with this idea because the local building codes do not allow for extending buildings upward , but extending them outward is allowed. He has already designed the wooden boxes to be used for this purpose. They vary in size and are all prefabricated off-site. The building that is to get this interesting facelift is located in Paris’ 16th arrondissement, and was build in the 1970s. The prefab boxes to be used will be lightweight, and built using sustainably-sourced wood. Plans call for them to be mounted onto the building’s facade. The occupants of the building will be able to decide what they want to use the ...

Getty Images Updates from Wednesday, Aug. 27 USCTrojans.com's Jordan Moore has the latest on Shaw's story: USC senior cornerback Josh Shaw came to USC athletic department officials this afternoon (Wednesday, Aug. 27) and admitted that he had lied about how he suffered his ankle injuries over the weekend. He said that the story he told of rescuing his nephew in a pool in Palmdale, Calif., was a complete fabrication.  He apologized for misleading his coaches, teammates, athletic department officials and the public. "We are extremely disappointed in Josh," said USC head football coach Steve Sarkisian .  "He let us all down.  As I have said, nothing in his background led us to doubt him when he told us of his injuries, nor did anything after our initial vetting of his story. "I appreciate that Josh has now admitted that he lied and has apologized.  Although this type of behavior is out of character for Josh, it is unacceptable.  Honesty and integrity must be ...

FARMINGDALE, NY - The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) recently approved an economic compact that will assist a developer in building an apartment complex in Farmingdale for persons 55 years of age or older. “This project will further the redevelopment efforts of the Village of Farmingdale as its works with its master plan to revive its downtown and will create new, much- needed housing options for seniors,” County Executive Edward Mangano . The compact, approved by the IDA at its Aug. 16 meeting, will assist Ronkonkoma- based Carlyle Building LLC in constructing a 50,497-square foot, 3-1⁄2- story apartment building on vacant land at 776-780 Fulton Street. The $7.9 million project would have 24 units, three one-bedroom apartments and 21 two-bedroom apartments. Designated as a “Housing for Older Persons” project in accordance with the Fair Housing Act , the development will only be occupied by persons 55 years of age or older. In addition, three of the units will ...

Photo: Contributed Photo / Contributed Photo Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 Zion Lutheran Church at 128 Glenbrook Road in Stamford, Conn. is on the market for $3,176,000. The church's congregation plans to sell the building to another religious group or developer who would keep the church intact. less Zion Lutheran Church at 128 Glenbrook Road in Stamford, Conn. is on the market for $3,176,000. The church's congregation plans to sell the building to another religious group or developer who would keep the ... more Photo: Contributed Photo / Contributed Photo Image 2 of 3 Zion Lutheran Church at 128 Glenbrook Road in Stamford, Conn. is on the market for $3,176,000. The church's congregation plans to sell the building to another religious group or developer who would keep the church intact. less Zion Lutheran Church at 128 Glenbrook Road in Stamford, Conn. is on the market for $3,176,000. The church's congregation plans to sell the building to another re...

The working title was fittingly “Group Therapy.” Perhaps in a bid to throw rabid superhero fans off the trail, signs posted on streets denoting work on Marvel’s latest series, “The Defenders,” carried the fake moniker. The series, which was shot last winter and debuted Friday on Netflix, unites all of the heroes from the platform’s existing Marvel shows into one superteam. And in true Marvel fashion , the teammates do not always get along, occasionally bickering like Washington politicians — hence the winking “Group Therapy” title. Through the eight episodes, Luke Cage (Mike Colter), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Iron Fist (Finn Jones) and Daredevil (Charlie Cox) do cooperate long enough to take on a villainous group menacing New York City: the mystical ninja order known as the Hand, led by Sigourney Weaver. As with previous Marvel shows , New York is front and center. Jeph Loeb, head of Marvel television, has said that the city is so important to the atmosphere of the shows, it...