2505 E Fayette Street: More Blight from Skyline Properties

Many thanks to “Reader JB” for this submission.  We’ve written about this company before — it’s a shame they continue to leave properties in this condition.

Property Address:  2505 E Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21224

Property Owner:  Skyline NH Res 3, LP, 901 N Milton Avenue, #330, Baltimore, MD 21205

Resident Agent for Skyline NH Res 3:  Regan Harycki, Skyline Properties Management, LLC, same address.

City Council District and Contact: District 1, Jim Kraft

2505 E Fayette Street. Notice the gaping hole in the roof, and the missing windows.

WWJD? 3119 E Baltimore Street — Reader-Submitted Blight

Property Address:  3119 E Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21224

Property Owner:  Carl Hubble Stilwell, Jr, 1227 Rustic Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21237

City Council District and Contact:  District 1, Jim Kraft

Carl Stilwell is the owner-proprietor of Stilwell Plumbing- a so-called “Christian Owned & Operated Business” (as they claim in the commercials that they run on WBAL Channel 11). Somehow, I believe that Jesus would frown upon Mr. Stilwell’s slumlord history- which includes numerous appearances in Housing Court for code violations and drug nuisance cases. 3119 E Baltimore St has been vacant since one of his former tenants died of a drug overdose.

Thanks to Reader Rusty for this submission!

It may not look that bad from the front...

...but in the back, this home is a blighted mess.

Boarded up rear door.

Crumbling cinder blocks in the rear window -- a perfect entry point for rats.

344 S Robinson Street

Property Address:  344 S Robinson Street, Baltimore, MD 21224

Property Owner:  Twinpark Properties, LLC, 2500 Maryland Avenue, 1st Floor, Baltimore, MD 21218

Resident Agent for Twinpark Properties:  Dan Richardson, 2539 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218

City Council District and Contact:  District 1, Jim Kraft

344 S Robinson Street

Update: 439 S. Robinson Street

Not bad!  It’s nice to see a house go from this…

To this:

439 S. Robinson Street

1000 S. Ellwood Avenue

Property Address:  1000 S. Ellwood Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224

Property Owners:  Joseph A. and Ann C. Schultz, 3235 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224 (Proprietors of Schultz Development, Inc.)

City Council District and Contact:  District 1, Jim Kraft

1000 S. Ellwood Avenue - Abandoned Methodist Church

Campaign signs on a vacant, and before July 15th? That's a big no-no.

Broken/missing windows on the abandoned church

Update: 2 N. Decker Avenue Revisited

We reported on this property back in February of 2009 — it was definitely in different condition back then, and we’re pleased to see there’s been a major change.  Kudos to the new landlord, Joseph
Burstein, for rehabbing this property.

2. N. Decker Avenue, November 2010

2 N. Decker, rear, November 2010.

Unfortunately for Mr. Burstein, 2 N Decker sits adjacent to 3018 E Baltimore St- which is in an even worse state of disrepair than was first reported.  According to the MLS, 3018 E Baltimore is under contract, but we’re unsure as to whom the new owner will be and what the new owner’s plans are for the property.

3018 E. Baltimore Street, November 2010

More Orleans Street Blight

Property Address:  2818 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21224

Property Owner:  Ruth Mayo, 7836 Eastdale Road, Baltimore, MD 21224

City Council District and Contact:  District 13, Warren Branch

Ruth and her husband, George, are no strangers to housing court.  They currently has three open injunctions for vacant houses, and she owns a house in the Patterson Place neighborhood that was declared as a drug nuisance house in 2008.

2818 Orleans Street

Boarded up front door of 2818 Orleans Street

2818 Orleans Street, rear

2801 Orleans Street

Property Address:  2801 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21224

Property Owner:  Nathan and April Jones, same address

City Council District and Contact:  District 13, Warren Branch

The city filed a Foreclosure Right of Redemption against this property in October 2007 and was awarded the right to foreclose in March 2010.

2801 Orleans Street

Trash in the rear of 2801 Orleans Street

2081 Orleans Street, rear

211 N. Streeper Street

Property Address:  211 N. Streeper Street, Baltimore, MD 21224

Property Owner:  Nii Okai Parbey, 8505 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814

City Council District and Contact:  District 13, Warren Branch

This property, along with another property located a few blocks down (227 N Lakewood Ave) are in foreclosure.

211 N. Streeper

211 N. Streeper, rear. Note the open window at the top right.

Trash at the rear of 211 N. Streeper

More trash at the rear of 211 N. Streeper

3 S. Robinson Street

Property Address: 3 S Robinson Street, Baltimore, MD 212224

Property Owner: CFL Holdings, LLC, 3311 Richmond Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21213

Resident Agent for CFL Holdings, LLC: Marta Lopushanska Durkee, 3311 Richmond Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21213

City Council District and Contact:  District 1, Jim Kraft

3 S. Robinson Street

3 S. Robinson Street, rear

The previous owner, Kevin E. Byrd (The Signature Group of Baltimore), lost this property and 8 S Robinson St to foreclosure.  Prior to the foreclosures, he rented these properties to tenants who were engaged in drug activity and partners in the drug trade.  One of the former tenants at 8 S Robinson, Bryant Worrell, was shot and killed by a police officer after he refused an order to surrender a handgun (he tried fleeing after the officer discovered the gun during a patdown).  A few weeks later, 3 and 8 S Robinson St were simultaneously raided by the Southeast PD drug squad and subsequently padlocked under the nuisance abatement law.  Prior to Mr. Byrd’s involvement with The Signature Group, he was an HABC inspector.