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FLYER OF THE WEEK

[lostprofiles]

two shows coming up

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FLYER OF THE WEEK

[baltimorebay]

Text Analysis and Project Beginnings.

A. The text the “Baltimore Book” and the article “Can Station North Save the City” make it very clear why our project is so important and also makes clear some very important aspects of gentrification.

In the “Baltimore Book,” it can be seen that preserving a social history is incredibly vital since it is shown that the City of Baltimore has more interest in what will be the most fiscally beneficial to them, rather than what will be most beneficial to its current residents. An example of this shifted interest is the inner harbor, or as it is called in the book, the “tourist mecca” or a “pleasure citadel.” I was also shocked by this article with the fact that in spite of the massive amount of money placed into the inner harbor, the majority of the revenue from it did not go back into the city. 

A pretty interesting point can be drawn from the article “Can Station North Save the City?” While some, like Michael Farley, feel that station north is already dead from gentrification, it can be argued that there really isn't a place to be picking and choosing who comes into Station North considering that Station North is a neighborhood, as Charlie Duff notes, with 50% vacancies. Now because of this I feel that unless the influx of individuals is controlled, as is seen with the City Arts Building not being allowed to raise rent for artists for 50 years, gentrification will almost certainly take place in this area.

B. The research on my building, The EMP Collective, has been going fairly well so far. As of now I know that the EMP Collective has been in the building 307 W Baltimore Street since 2011, and prior to that the building was a shoe factory. This shoe factory was called “Frank and Adler Company” which supplied and made shoes. In 1911 the building, still currently the Frank and Adler Company, suffered a fire that started in the building basement and eventually consumed the majority of the building causing some of the flooring to collapse injuring and killing some of the firefighters that were there fighting the fire. This fire did an estimated $20,000 worth of damage to the shoe inventory and and estimated $1,000 worth of damage to the infrastructure of the building. Then, in 1923 the building was leased, along with 308 and 309 W Baltimore Street, by the Hochschild, Kohn & Company, a department store chain that started in Baltimore in 1897, in order to use it for “storage of merchandise.” During an unknown year, I only know it was active from sometime before/during 1944-1970,  the building became “The Trading Post.” The Trading Post was a Military and Naval Outfitters store. In 2007, the City Of Baltimore decided on developers for the 400 Block of Baltimore Street and started redeveloping the 307 property.

[emiliaanniinapennanen]

Come and see the show and the performances tomorrow at EMP Collective. 7-10 PM. Free. 307 W Baltimore St. I’d love to see you there!

[emiliaanniinapennanen]

I’m having a closing event for my solo show Tidal Swell at EMP Collective on May 21, 7-10 pm. The night includes performance video installations and live performances by Carly J. Bales, Isa Leal, Emilia Pennanen, Marcelline Mandeng, Noelle Tolbert, Michael Wasteneys-Stephens. The event is free. I’d love to see you there.

[emiliaanniinapennanen]

I would like to invite you to my solo exhibition opening on May 9th, 7-10 PM at EMP Collective. The exhibition consist of video installations and live performances. Other performance artists include Carly J Bales, Hoesy Corona, Allana Clark, Noelle Tolbert, Michael Wasteneys Stephens and Jennifer Wright. I would love to see you there.

[tracydimond]

Join me in my teenage dream-mare on E.M.P. Collective’s new video series, Backroom Bards. Thanks Ken and Brad for putting this series together and putting hard work into filming and editing.