August 28, 2012 On December 8, 2010, just one day after a 5-alarm fire devastated the Park Plaza Building at 800 N. Charles Street, Frank Dittenhafer was allowed inside to survey the damage. The offices of Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects were located in the fifth floor “penthouse suite,” but Frank could only get as far [...]

August 16, 2012 Sixty years ago, Baltimore was a very different city. It looked different. There was no Oriole Park, no shops at the Harborplace (in fact, there wasn’t even an Inner Harbor), and there was certainly no Harbor East. Streets were laid out in a different direction, too. Unlike the one-way streets we know [...]

August 2, 2012 Can you believe it’s already back-to-school season? Where did the summer go?! A few months back, I introduced you to the new Varsity student apartment complex going up at 30 W. Biddle Street. Just yesterday, it opened its doors for the fall semester. Three hundred and twenty three students will be calling [...]