Urban Landscape: Bell Foundry for Sale for $1 Million

4/10/17

By Ed Gunts, Baltimore Fishbowl

Four months after city officials evicted its tenants, the Bell Foundry arts building has been put up for sale.

Advance Realty Direct last week listed the property at 1539 Calvert Street for sale for $1 million.

“Development Opportunity – Station North Bell Foundry,” the listing states. “Most recently used as Art studios and home to the Baltimore Rock Opera Society.”

The Bell Foundry housed a variety of artists until Dec. 5, when city officials evicted the tenants due to fire code violations and unsafe conditions. The evictions came shortly after dozens of artists were killed in a fire in an Oakland, Calif., artist building called “Ghost Ship.”

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