The Baltimore Insight

FOUND: 50-100 gallons per minute of raw sewage. If it's yours, please collect it from the Stony Run asap. It's been running at least six hours now.

The times, they are a'changin': In absolute numbers, there is now more poverty in the Baltimore suburbs than in Baltimore City.

More poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in Baltimore More people live in poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in the city itself, part of a nationwide shift that is challenging the largely urban assistance network built up over decades.

UPDATE: The official announcement of Andres Alonso's retirement.

http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/cms/lib/MD01001351/Centricity/domain/87/pressreleases/20130506-D

NEWS FLASH: Andres Alonzo is stepping down on June 30th.

"In particular, Downtown Baltimore has become a hotbed for new apartment projects, with 533 units currently under construction and over 2,600 units in the planning stages. Several prominent corners in Downtown will soon become hubs of activity, as 114 E. Lexington Street, 301 N. Charles Street, 520 Park Avenue, 521 St. Paul Street, 10 Light Street, and 1 W. Baltimore Street (the former Mechanic Theatre) are redeveloped into large apartment buildings."

http://www.godowntownbaltimore.com/economicdev/devreport13.pdf

Open Space, the artist collective in Re*****on, burned down last night. They are desperately asking for boxes, moving supplies, and helping hands today.

The Tribune Company is hoping to sell the Baltimore Sun and seven other papers in a bundle. Potential buyers include Rupert Murdoch's conservative News Corp, and now the even-more-conservative Koch Brothers.

Koch Brothers Making Play for Tribune’s Newspapers Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of libertarian causes, are exploring a bid to buy the Tribune Company’s eight regional newspapers.

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See how much the harbor has changed over time.

The Inner Harbor, then and now | Baltimore Brew We were struck, editing Gerry Neily's piece on the Inner Harbor, by how dramatically Baltimore's famous basin has been reshaped since the Fell brothers (Edward,

From The Stoop.

Mick the Pirate at (Re)Creation Stories Stories of love, death, revenge, forgiveness. Failures small and large. Double-crossing and two-timing. Shame and success. Epiphanies that happen just in time...and others that don't. Blood, sweat and tears - and lots of laughs. Each Stoop show features seven storytellers who get seven minutes each…

Sad news: legendary Baltimore pirate Mick Kipp has passed away. A strange, crazy, and widely-beloved man.

St. Paul Street is closed between 29th and 32nd Streets with detours in effect. This portion of St. Paul Street is expected to remain closed through the Friday morning rush hour, while utility repairs continue.