"WOODBERRY IS NESTLED on a tract of land known as ‘Come By Chance,’" reads the plaque next to the neighborhood’s light-rail stop. And although the area has been inhabited since 1790, that original name still holds true
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Mt. Washington and the Jones Falls Trail
By: Charles Cohen, Urbanite
Even before Jeanette Ezzo has a chance to open her mouth, the birds begin making the case for her. On an early fall morning, they are dive-bombing in the tree tops, making a massive ruckus and helping demonstrate that this patch of woodland is indeed alive.
A Mount Washington resident and the research director for a Takoma Park medical publication firm, Ezzo stands on one side of a fault line that runs through this leafy northwest neighborhood. The city plans to build a bicycle and recreation trail through the mostly unused woods that wrap around the Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital on Rogers Avenue. A local group calling itself the Mount Washington Green Space Preservation Committee made an eleventh-hour plea to re-route the trail, but other residents have defended the plan, saying that a well-designed trail would give residents safe access to the kind of nature usually found in large parks a good drive away.
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DC to Pittsburg
Video of the opening of the Hot Metal Bridge to bike and pedestrian traffic and the remaining 9 miles of paths should open within a year.
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Future Jones Falls Trail Walk
The City will lead a walkthrough of the original trail route, starting at the Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, on Saturday December 8, at 1:00 p.m. All are welcome; some may then walk the alternative route at the Northwest Park afterward.
Residents blaze new trail
Alternate plan offered for Mt. Washington biking-hiking route
This article in the Sun covers one side of the Jones Fall Trail debate as it tries to cross Northern Parkway.
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Big Savage Tunnel – Great Allegheny Passage
This is a well done mini documentary on the Great Allegheny Passage that focuses on the restoration and history of the Big Savage Tunnel.
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Baltimore to Philadelphia
East Coast Greenway has their route on Google!
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New map item: North Point State Park
I volunteered to help with Tour du Port so they stationed me out near North Point State Park. The roads through Dundalk were decent enough but the heavy industrial scenery is not my cup of tea. On the other side of 695 there is a bike trail that leads to North Point State Park. The park itself is wonderful and I wish I had more time to explore. Links to our mapping project and North Point State Park follow.
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Take a walk (and ride) on the wild side of Baltimore on Gwynns Falls Trail
A lovely article in the Bay Journal about the Gwynns Falls Trail. And don
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