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.

1515 Eastern Avenue

Property Address:  1515 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21231

Property Owner:  Alexison Ventures III, LLC, 2101 Belair Road, #H, Fallston, MD 21047

Registered Agent for Alexison Ventures:  Charles Ritchey, same address

City Council District and Contact:  District 1, Jim Kraft

Thanks to Reader Rusty for submitting this property and sending the following pictures:

1515 Eastern Avenue

1515 Eastern Avenue, side

1515 Eastern, rear

1515 Eastern Avenue, broken open door

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

1824 Aliceanna Street

Thanks to Reader WE for this submission!

Property Address:  1824 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, MD 21231

Property Owner:  Maria E. Turner, PO Box 44612, Baltimore, MD 21236

City Council District and Contact:  District 1, Jim Kraft

1824 Aliceanna Street

Our reader says, “This ‘scaffold’ has been hanging out this 3rd floor windows for 7 years. Rotting away and ready to kill someone! Maybe somebody can take action on this because the city sure hasn’t.”

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

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.

101 N. East Avenue

Property Address:  101 N. East Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224

Property Owner:  Rudy & Bibiana Encomienda, 200 W Lorraine Ave, Baltimore, MD 21211

City Council District and Contact:  District 1, James Kraft

101 N. East Avenue

The "no loitering" sign inside the window is kind of meaningless.

Deck full of trash

The Comiendas have housing code cases dating back to 1992, including lead paint.  The house has been vacant for three years, but they have never been brought into housing court for this property.  Perhaps Councilman Kraft can make sure they have to explain why this home has been allowed to deteriorate and become a public eyesore.