Baltimore Architecture Foundation

2010 Spring Forum
Antero Pietila : Not In My Neighborhood

Wednesday April 28, 2010 at Noon

Antero Pietila, retired Baltimore Sun editorial writer, discusses what he learned from his long career writing for the Baltimore Sun and how he saw a need to address and create rhetoric focusing on this historically problematic American city. Not in My Neighborhood explains why Baltimore is still suffering the aftereffects of long-term racial segregation and bigotry on both a city and federal level.  Mr. Pietila’s book surveys major players in the complex mix of local housing and public policy setting and offers new insights concerning personal relationships of these key actors.

As always, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation’s free noontime Forum is held at the Johns Hopkins Downtown Center, Charles and Fayette Streets. Bring a lunch.

JHU Downtown Center
10 North Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21202
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2010 Spring Forum
Laurie Feinberg : Transform Baltimore

Wednesday April 21, 2010 at Noon

Laurie Feinberg, chief of Comprehensive Planning for the Baltimore City Planning Department, discusses the mammoth and long-awaited rewrite of the City’s zoning code, and the timetable for release of the draft of the new form-based code.

The Planning Department has made documents available for public review here, including examples of form-based code and directions for drafting the revised zoning code.

As always, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation’s free noontime Forum is held at the Johns Hopkins Downtown Center, Charles and Fayette Streets. Bring a lunch.

JHU Downtown Center
10 North Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21202
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BAF “Space Invaders” House Tour

Sunday, April 25th, 2010 @ 2:00 PM

The Grace Turnbull House
223 Chancery Rd
Baltimore, MD 21218
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Grace Turnbull, the renowned 20th century artist and Baltimore native commissioned her brother, Bayard Turnbull to design a house and studio for her in Baltimore’s Guilford neighborhood.  The house, built in 1927, was designed in the Mediterranean Revival style and features an elegant studio where Turnbull created the sculptural work that she had turned to at that point in her career. At the time of its completion, the site was in rural Waverly, before the development of Guilford by the Roland Park Co.  Turnbull adorned the property with her work, including four massive sculptures, hewn from tree trunks, that are located on the corners of the house.

Turnbull continued to sculpt well into her late 80s and finally put down the chisel at age 90.  She created a number of works still on display to the public of Baltimore.  She is the sculptor of Naiad, which is located in the fountain at the center of the East Park of Mt. Vernon Place.  Turnbull also created the sculpture memorializing the Baltimore poet Lizette Woodward Reese, which is located on the grounds of the former Eastern High School at 33rd Street.  To read more about Turnbull and her work, please read Maryland Art Source’s biographical profile.  Tom Chalkley wrote another fun piece about Grace Turnbull and her work for the City Paper in 2000, which you can read here.

The Baltimore Architecture Foundation is pleased to announce that the current owners have graciously agreed to allow us to tour the house on Sunday, April 25th with a limited number of Foundation members.  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see a terrific work of architecture created by the brother and sister team of Bayard and Grace Turnbull.

Cost

$15, Members only – Limited spaces for the tour… act fast!

Contact

Tracey Clark
(410) 539-7772
baf@baltimorearchitecture.org