1168 Carroll Street

Property address:  1168 Carroll Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  CAM Property Management, LLC, 1314 S. Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Resident agent for CAM Property Management:  Dan Frank, 1314 S. Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Baltimore City Council district and contact:  District 9, Agnes Welch

Baltimore City Housing Code Enforcement Attorney:  Seth Greer, seth.greer AT baltimorecity.gov

1121 Ward Street

Property address:  1121 Ward Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  Willie M. Coles, Jr. and Shannelle Morris, 1121 Ward Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Baltimore City Council district and contact:  District 9, Agnes Welch

Baltimore City Housing Code Enforcement Attorney:  Seth Greer, seth.greer AT baltimorecity.gov

This house is in terrible shape, and in danger of collapsing.  Since it’s attached to two other homes, we encourage those property owners to call the city and complain.  The front wall is bowed in the front, and the house needs to be torn down.

Side view of bowed front facade.

26 N. Curley Street

Property address:  26 N. Curley Street, Baltimore, MD 21224

Property owner:  Joshua Adam Wodka, 2601 E. Fairmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224

Baltimore City Council district and contact:  District 1, Jim Kraft

City Housing Code Enforcement Attorney and contact:  Evan Helfrich, evan.helfrich AT baltimorecity.gov

This house is missing a roof and is boarded on both sides. The previous owner (Jesse Wodka) was taken to court in July 2008, but the case was dismissed after Jesse sold the house to another Wodka family member.  Apparently, Evan Helfrich never refiled a complaint against Joshua Wodka, despite the fact that no work has been done on this property since it was first cited.

907 Washington Boulevard

Poor blighted SW Baltimore.  You never seem to catch a break, and how can you with drek like this at your gateway?

Property address:  907 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  DP South 25, LLC, 1118 Leadenhall Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Registered agent for DP South 25, LLC:  Dangela Little, 1118 Leadenhall Street, Baltimore, MD 21230.  Corporation is not in good standing, charter has been forfeited.

Baltimore City Council district and contact:  District 11, William Cole

City Housing Code Enforcement Attorney and contact:  Seth Greer, seth.greer AT baltimorecity.gov

2134 N. Fulton Avenue

Property address:  2134 N. Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217

Property owner:  Portugal Properties, LLC, 6718 Holabird Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21222 (Corporation is not in good standing with the State of Maryland)

Registered agent for Portugal Properties, LLC:  Robert A. Griffin, Jr., 6718 Holabird Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21222

Baltimore City Council district and contact:  District 7, Belinda Conaway

2929 E. Madison Street

Property address:  2929 E. Madison Street, Baltimore, MD 21205

Property owner:  Jerome McNeill, 33 Shady Tree Court, York, PA 17493 and  Scarlett McNeill, 2869 Forest Glen Road, Baltimore, MD 21216

City Council District and Contact: District 13, Warren Branch

This property is a complete mess — boarded up windows, broken steps and crumbling porch, and the rear yard is full of trash — it’s clear that nobody has been checking on this property or taking care of it for quite some time

2929 E. Madison Street

2929 E. Madison Street, rear

Closeup of trash at the rear of 2929 E. Madison

This is one of five homes on a sad little block in East Baltimore.  One by one, four families have been driven away by crime and drugs, and the one remaining family is planning to leave as soon as possible.  It’s a tragic tale — one that’s repeated over and over, in so many neighborhoods in Baltimore.  One bad house really can bring down an entire neighborhood, like a cancer left unchecked.  Luckily, the house has been recently placed into receivership — we hope the house finds a new owner soon, and the block can begin to recover

14 S. Schroeder Street

Property address: 14 S. Schroeder Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Property owner:  The Frederick Avenue Development Corporation, 1023 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Registered agent for The Frederick Avenue Development Corporation:  See below, as this “corporation” seems to have never been registered with the State of Maryland.

City Council District and contact:  9th District, Agnes Welch

This property has been under its current ownership for approximately ten years, and is clearly in a derelict state.  The current owner, the Frederick Avenue Development Corporation remains a bit of a mystery, as a search of state corporation records yielded nothing, as did a phone call to the state agency in charge of corporate taxation.

We find this property to be particularly disturbing because of two things:  It’s in the 9th City Council District, which appears to contain a vast majority of the homes we receive emails about.  We’d certainly like to know what Agnes Welch is doing about the problem, especially since her constituents are pretty vocal about this issue.  The other thing that bothers us about this property is the fact that it sits on a block that contains some rather interesting rehabs and older lived-in homes.  Why should anyone have to live with this as a neighbor?

Front of 14 S. Schroeder Street

1006 W. Cross Street

Property address:  1006 W. Cross Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  Joan M. Hashagen-Snyder, 5 Offutt Court, Granite, MD 21163

City Council District and contact:  11th District, William Cole

Yet another Washington Village property that seems to have been abandoned by its non-resident owner.  Note the pile of rubble left in the rear yard.

Front of 1006 W. Cross

Rear of 1006 W. Cross

24 N. Fulton Avenue

Property address:  24 N. Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21223

Property owner:  Kevin Young, 4713 Amberly Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229

City Council district and contact:  9th District, Agnes Welch

This house has such potential, and it’s a shame it’s been abandoned by its owner.  This stretch of Fayette, Baltimore, and Fulton is full of blighted homes — is Councilwoman Welch paying attention?  The owner has seen his fair share of foreclosure hearings and housing court violations — not surprising.  We have to wonder is anyone in the city paying attention to this revolving list of names?

24 N. Fulton Avenue

24 N. Fulton Avenue, Rear.

418 Federal Street

Property address:  418 Federal Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

Property owner:  Vernon Alt, 159 Clyde Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21227

City Council District and contact:  12th District, Jack Young

Interesting to note, this property was part of a ground rent lawsuit brought against Mr. Alt by Fred Nochumowitz, one of the people featured in the Baltimore Sun’s ground rent series, and in our follow-up to the ground rent series.

Apparently neither Mr. Alt or Mr. Nochumowitz are interested in the property, as evidenced by its current blighted state.

418 Federal Street, rear