The proposed Innovation Center to replace the demolished apartments, Courtesy AB Associates

Today, the governor, the mayor and community officials gathered to bid farewell to the Madison Park North Apartments, a former subsidized housing complex off of North Avenue in Reservoir Hill once called the “Murder Mall” of Baltimore.

As we noted yesterday, Gov. Larry Hogan, Mayor Catherine Pugh, Maryland Housing and Community Development Secretary Kenneth C. Holt and other officials met at the site not only to kick off demolition of the derelict apartments, but also to announce the recipients of a portion of Project C.O.R.E. funding being handed out next year. The money will be used to tear down vacant properties being managed by Maryland Stadium Authority and the city. Today’s announcement was for $16 million in funding for 30 projects around the city, though there will be three more years of funding totaling $75 million, $18.5 of which is coming from Baltimore City.

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