JAYNE MILLER.
JAYNE: THE 1200 BLOCK OF GAY STREET EAST BALTIMORE HAS CHANGED.
NOT SO LONG AGO IT LOOKED LIKE THIS.
>> PEOPLE WOULD DRIVE THROUGH.
THEY WOULD NOT STOP HERE BECAUSE IN THIS BLOCK THERE WERE ONLY THREE HOUSES THAT WERE LIVABLE AND INHABITED.
JAYNE: NOW THE BLOCK IS FULLY OCCUPIED.
ONE EXAMPLE OF THE SLOW BUT STEADY TRANSFORMATION OF A BIG SWATH OF THE CITY’S EAST SIDE.
PASTOR CALVIN KEANE HAS BEEN PART OF A REDEVELOPMENT EFFORT THAT COMBINES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY INPUT TO REPLACE VACANT HOUSING AND REUSE SPACE.
THE PROPERIES ARE IN BROADWAY EAST.
IS ALL OVER, WERE NEARLY HALF THE PROPERTIES WERE ONCE VACANT.
>> WE HAVE NEW PARTNERS NOW.
WE DO CALL DEVELOPMENT UNUSUAL BECAUSE WE START BY ORGANIZING THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS ORGANIZING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, FINANCE COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, THE STATE
OF MARYLAND PARTNERS.
>> WE ARE IN WALKING DISTANCE OF DOWNTOWN AND PENN STATION.
WHY WOULD I BOTH?
I CAN’T -- WHY WOULD I MOVE?
JAYNE: REGINA’S NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALSO IN THE REDEVELOPMENT BLOCK.
THE SAME DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED JUST GAINED CONTROL OF 700 PROPERTIES.
GREENMOUNT AVENUE IS THE MAIN ONE.
DEVELOPERS PLAN TO USE THE TRAIN STATION AND JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL AS KEY ANCHORS TO CONNECT.
>> I AM STANDING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
WITHIN THREE MINUTES I CAN GET 35,000 JOBS.
JAYNE: HE PLANS TO REDUCE THE OVERALL NUMBER OF HOUSES IN THE SQUARE, MAKE BLOCKS WHOLE, AND BUILD VALUE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
>> YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE AN YOU HAVE TO BUILD BASED ON WHERE THE MARKET IS AND WILL B WHICH , IN OUR ESTIMATION, YOU HAVE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOUSES WITHOUT HAVING THE MISSING TEETH
, JUST LEAVING THE OTHER ONE OFF.
JAYNE: SOMERSET AND PERKINS HOME PUBLIC HOUSING AREAS ARE UNDER REDEVELOPMENT PLANS, CREATING THE POSSIBILITY OF A TOTAL REMAKE OF MUCH OF EAST BALTIMORE.
WITH ONE VERY BIG EXCEPTION.
40 ACRES ARE CONTROLLED BY THE STATE AND HOUSE THE OLD PENITENTIARY, CENTRAL BOOKING AND OTHER PENAL FACILITIES.
>> THIS IS REALLY A LOCATION THAT COULD AND SHOULD LINK EAST BALTIMORE TO CENTRAL CITY BALTIMORE.
JAYNE: THE PRESIDENT -- THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION HAS ARGUED IT’S TIME FOR THE PRISON COMPLEX TO BE MOVED TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
>> I SEE A LOT O UNDERUTILIZED -- UNDERUTILIZED, UNDERVALUED SPACE THAT SHOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITY AND IS NOT DOING A LOT OF ANYTHING.
JAYNE: THE NEED FOR SO MUCH PRISON SPACE IN BALTIMORE HAS DRAMATICALLY DROPPED.
IN 2009, 8016 PEOPLE WERE IN CUSTODY ON THE SITE ON AN AVERAGE DAILY BASIS.
TODAY THE NUMBER HAS DROPPED BY ALMOST TWO THIRDS.
3272.
425 OF THOSE HOUSED ON THE SITE -- SITE ARE NOT INMATES.
THEY ARE FEDERATE -- FEDERAL DETAINEES BEING HOUSE.
OTHERS HAVE MOVED IT OUTSIDE THEIR CENTRAL CORE.
PHILADELPHIA’S OLD PENITENTIARY A MUSEUM.
BOSTON’S OLD CITY JAIL IS A LUXURY HOTEL.
THE OLD MARILYN PENN H DRAWN PLENTY OF INTEREST TO REDEVELOP IT.
THE CITY HAS NO SAY ON T SITE, BUT THE CITY’S PLANNING DIRECTOR DID TELL ME A WILL BECOME PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS THIS HE SUCCEEDS IN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT.
BUT STATE OFFICIALS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR.
THIS IS A TALE SITE.
-- JAIL SITE.
. THEY OFFICIALLY PLAN TO REPLACE IT WITH A TREATMENT FACILITY.
BUT THAT WOULD HOUSE INMAT