Unity @ Park Avenue

Documentation by Bloom Arts Strategy client, Midtown Baltimore. Read full article here!

Excerpt:

Renovating the lot at Park and North is part of an ongoing project to revive the southeast side of that intersection. Despite its prominent location at the north end of the neighborhood, the corner of Park Avenue and North Avenue has turned into a neglected piece of Bolton Hill.

The artist Ernest Shaw in 2021 painted murals on two row house walls facing North Ave. The renovated lot beneath the east mural will create an inviting, activated space for residents, passersby and people waiting for buses and more opportunity for social connections between Bolton Hill and Reservoir Hill.  This renovation would produce more permeable surfaces and water runoff retention zones containing native trees, shrubs, and additional plants. Installing a creatively reimagined bus shelter is the third phase of the project.