A long-standing vision to redevelop the Poe Homes projects in West Baltimore is underway.
Demolition crews this month are busy starting to raze the low-rise, 288-unit public housing complex off of West Saratoga Street — and plans to reimagine the site with 521 new mixed-income apartments and townhomes are shaping up. Today, the site is littered with the interior remains of apartments, with more widespread demolition scheduled for June…
The run-down, red-brick Poe Homes date back to the 1930s and were Baltimore’s first public housing complexes. Plans to reimagine the development date back to 2019, with an initial blueprint calling for 616 new apartments and townhouses. Those plans have morphed over the years, with the latest design showing 521 units in several buildings…
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By Melody Simmons – Senior Reporter , Baltimore Business Journal
