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June 2004 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE From time to time, developers approach the Butcher's Hill Association with proposed projects, in hopes of gaining the neighborhood's support. In past years, this has been at a rate of two per year. As our real estate market remains hot, that pace has quickened dramatically. We currently have several projects before us, and there are more coming. The June meeting promises to be an interesting one. Two developers will present their ideas for significant projects in Butcher's Hill. Jeff Rodgers will talk about his plan to renovate the unit block of South Duncan Street, and Steve Hessler of Charm City Builders will talk about his ideas for 2101 East Pratt Street. I hope to see you at the meeting for this important discussion! BUTCHERS HILL FLEA MARKET, SATURDAY, JUNE 12th, 9-3 Great vendors & food, and great music by the Paul Snyder Trio. Once again there will be a local antiques dealer, who will give one free appraisal per person between 11 and 1. PLEASE HELP! Volunteers are needed:
Please contact Sandy at 410-558-0149. If you have booth donations, you can also call Sandy at 410-558-0149 or deliver them to the booth in back of the White House by 9 AM on June 12. To reserve a flea market space contact Bev, 419-675-0148, $15 now, $20 after June 5th. Want to invite friends to this fun event? Postcards will be available at the June 2nd Butchers Hill Meeting. BUTCHERS HILL GARDEN TOUR, SUNDAY, JUNE 27th, Noon-5:00pm A wonderful kickoff to Summer, the Butchers Hill Garden Tour will be held Sunday, June 27th, from noon to 5. This year will repeat the popular "Art Along the Way" program, featuring neighborhood artists in some of the gardens displaying their "home grown" art. PLEASE HELP! Garden sitters are needed for 2 1/2 hour shifts (12 to 2:30 PM and 2:30 to 5 PM) on June 27. Contact Joe or Roxanne Rehack: 410 327 1553 by June 20th. Sitters get a pair of free tour tickets. Ticket prices remain the same at $8 on the day of the tour and $7 beforehand. Tickets will be available at the June general meeting, and later from the Friends of Patterson Park at the White House and from Long & Foster or Coldwell Banker in Fells Point. The tour begins at the White House, Lombard Street entrance to Patterson Park. COMMUNITY DUMPSTER, SATURDAY, JUNE 5th On Saturday, June 5th, there will be a community Dumpster in the 100 block of North Collington. No electronics, hazardous materials, batteries, paint, or appliances. The dumpster leaves between 10-11 AM, so get there the day before (the dumpster is usually delivered about noon on the preceding Friday) or early Saturday. The next scheduled dumpster is Saturday, July 24th, 100 block South Chester Street. Follow the latest goings-on in Butchers Hill! Join 187 of your neighbors on the Yahoo Groups Butchers Hill site, moderated by Martha Simons: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButchersHill. BHA COMMITTEES AND MONTHLY MEETINGS Block Rep/Crime Prevention: Wednesday, June 16th, 7 p.m., 2105 E. Baltimore St. The committee meets monthly to share information from our 20 block representatives and to coordinate action. Several block reps are planning to hold block meetings to bring together more of the residents on each block to work on block needs. Anyone wanting to help with this please contact Carolyn at 410-522-4991 or e-mail c.boitnott@verizon.net. Butchers Hill Citizens on Patrol (C.O.P.) Butchers Hill Citizens on Patrol (C.O.P.) has been regularly patrolling the neighborhood for over three years, and conducts its walk-arounds on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month. We meet at 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of Patterson Park Avenue and Lombard Street. All are welcome. For more information, please contact Evan Helfrich at 410-342-2148 or via e-mail, ubik14@netscape.net. Community Representative, School 27 School Improvement Team: Carolyn Boitnott, 410-522-4991. Education Committee: Thursday, June 24th, 7:00 PM, 124 S. Patterson Park Avenue. Contact: Martha DelPizzo 410-522-6046, e-mail mdelpizzo@comcast.net. Anyone interested is encouraged to attend. At the last BHA meeting, school supply "wish list" sheets from the teachers at Commodore John Rodgers School #27 were distributed. The plan is to have the requested school supplies ready for these teachers when they return in August, and then have a get-together with these teachers and their BHA sponsors in the Fall. At the meeting, all teachers but two were "adopted" by sponsors. We are looking for BHA members to sponsor the two remaining teachers. Secondly, several of the teachers have asked if BHA members could save magazines for them to use in the classroom, such as pictures for collages and other hands-on activities. The principal, Mrs. Shirey, says they are great for teaching about healthy food, types of land forms, etc. Some of the best magazines for this purpose are old National Geographic, Backpacker, Women's Day, Parenting, Family Circle and any that have nature pictures and pictures of food items. If you can help in either way, please contact Martha. Also, anyone who has volunteered at School #27, please let Martha know the time spent, since she is tracking those hours. Land Use: Wednesday, June 23rd, 7 PM. Call Virgil at 410-327-4964 for location. The Land Use Committee would like to remind homeowners in the 2100 and 2200 blocks of E. Baltimore Street and the 2200 block of E. Pratt Street that you live in a City historic district. All exterior work and painting must be submitted to CHAP and Butchers Hill. We are always happy to help with any questions you may have. Call Virgil Bartram: 410-327-4964. CHAP's number is 410-396-4866. Marketing/House Tour Committee: Tuesday, June 8th, 7:00 PM, 2223 E. Pratt St. Contact Rick Gilmour (410-342-7061), gilmour@qis.net. Trash Committee: Contact Sue Whitson, 443-527-1103, e-mail sbwhitson@hotmail.com (e-mail preferred). Parking Committee: No meeting in June. William White, 410-563-7941, e-mail: willilicious@hotmail.com. BHA Executive Committee: Tuesday, June 22nd, 7 PM, Simon's of Butchers Hill, 2031 E. Fairmount Ave. Contact: Dave Dyer (410-342-7655), or dave@viacapital.net. Newsletter: The deadline for the JULY issue is Friday, June 25th. Contact Steve Young: young@umbc.edu. - Get ready! The Butchers Hill Summer Pot-Luck Picnic is coming up on Wednesday, July 7th June Butchers Hill General Meeting Wednesday, June 2nd AGENDA:
GOING HOME AGAIN Cheryl Atkins has returned home to 2010 Pratt Street, the home of her grandmother who came here from Kentucky in the 1940s because she wanted to live in the city. This petite woman, always neatly dressed and coifed, supported herself by renting out the two apartments on the upper floors of her home and by working as a seamstress. Cheryl and her parents lived in one of those apartments until she was two and a half years old. They then moved to Dundalk to be closer to her father's work. Cheryl has many happy memories of later visits to her grandmother's home for traditional Christmas Eve celebrations with a big tree and a Christmas garden, and she remembers other "city" pleasures like going to the corner store on her own. Her grandmother didn't leave Kentucky entirely behind when she came to Baltimore. Workmen constructing Cheryl's new garden discovered many pieces of brown and green glass. Cheryl's mother explained that these probably came from her mother's using bottles and jars for target practice! The deep back yard was also a large vegetable garden. Cheryl says that when the house came up for sale a few years ago, "It was a dump." Her grandmother had sold it years ago when she and her husband moved to Florida. Cheryl and Tom Atkins, then living in another Butchers Hill home, supervised the lovely and loving restoration of the home, in which Cheryl still knows the "presence" of another remarkable woman, her grandmother. Part of the restoration involved creating a handsome terrace garden, paved with bricks and filled with pots and boxes of flowers and lined with ivy, clematis, and hydrangeas. The central feature is a pond with fish and a waterfall. Cheryl thinks her grandmother would approve. STARS AND STRIPES AND SNOWBALLS 2004 Join The Friends of Patterson Park for an evening of fun, games, food and music. Food and activities from 5:30. Here's a chance for you and your neighbors to socialize and celebrate Patterson Park together. Bring a picnic or buy a hot dog from the Boy Scouts of St. Casimir's and top it off with a SnowStoppers Snowball. YOU CAN PUT YOUR HAT ON! 5:30 - 7:15. We'll provide you with a hat and lots of decorating materials. You create your masterpiece and then join... JUNE 4-6: THE POLISH FESTIVAL IN PATTERSON PARK. Dancing, music, food and crafts. Featuring authentic Polish foods. Information at 410-563-8760. COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD ST. MICHAEL'S AND ST. PATRICK'S ANNUAL CARNIVAL Reserve the weekends of June 18-20 and 25-27 for St. Michael's and St. Patrick's Annual Carnival (corner of Wolfe St. and E. Lombard St.). Crabcakes, steamed crabs, shrimp, fried chicken and Latino dishes are just a sampling of the delicious foods you'll enjoy. Have a great time playing a variety of games, including bingo, with your friends and family. All activities are available on Friday and Saturday evenings 6 PM to 10 PM, with a greater variety of Latino foods and games on Sunday afternoons from 1:30 to 4 PM. Come join in the fun and meet new neighbors! The entrance is behind the church on Wolfe Street (through the Parish Hall). The following zoning appeals for neighborhood properties are coming up for hearings. Zoning appeals hearings are held before the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals in City Hall Room 215 and are open to the public. There are no dates available yet for most of these appeals; look for the appeal to be posted on the side of the relevant building, or check the biweekly zoning docket, downloadable as a .pdf file, at: http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/zoning/index.html.
On another issue, hearings are being held at City Hall regarding moving CHAP to the Planning Department. Baltimore has 37 National Register historic districts. These neighborhoods are concerned that CHAP may lose part of its dedicated staff. More in the July newsletter. BEST FRIEND PET CARE: Dogs walked and played with. Cats fed and entertained. Small pet and plant care while you are away. Most services $10.00 per visit. Call Carter at 410-327-2672 or email at ccarterglass@hotmail.com. THE REAL WHEEL DEALS! A mini-fundraiser for St. Michael Outreach Center/Centro Asistencial de San Miguel We are looking for donations of bikes, strollers, wagons, tricycles, scooters, roller blades, or anything else on wheels (in decent condition please) for us to sell at the Butchers Hill Flea Market in Patterson Park, Saturday, June 12th. Items must be delivered either to the outreach center at St. Michael's (Lombard and Wolfe) by June 11th or to 'our spot' at the flea market by 10 AM on June 12th. Flea market volunteers are also needed. If you have a donation or can help, please contact Chrystal Bassette at 410-732-2176 or Chrysli@hotmail.com. VOLUNTEER NEEDED-the Newsletter this time! We need an "as needed" backup for our regular distributors. Distribution involves an hour or less a month on the weekend before the monthly Association Meeting. Call Sandy at 410-558-0149. A special thanks to Marina Curran, William Baedeker, and Greg Russell for their past work as newsletter distributors.
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