A section of Light Street was closed this weekend as crews worked to tear down the pedestrian sky bridge that connects the Hyatt Regency Baltimore hotel with the McKeldin Fountain. It’s part of a controversial plan by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore to remove the fountain itself by the end of the year.
The sky bridge is just one of many structures that have come down or are targeted to disappear in the Baltimore area in 2016. Some have already gone, such as Haussner’s restaurant in Highlandtown and the former Deaton Medical Center in Otterbein. Others, such as the former Della Notte restaurant in Little Italy, are fenced off and waiting for the wrecking ball. In some cases, preservationists have launched efforts to save buildings targeted for demolition, including the Bel-Loc Diner in Baynesville.
It all amounts to a record number of high profile demolition projects in the region for a one-year period. And that doesn’t include many of the vacant house demolitions in East and West Baltimore or the flood-damaged buildings in Ellicott City and Baltimore.
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