In a hearing room dominated by opponents – but after city agency heads uniformly gave it their blessing – a 148-unit apartment tower proposed in North Baltimore sailed to approval by a City Council committee yesterday.

During the voting session, Councilman Ryan Dorsey at first blasted the Overlook at Roland Park plan. Noting city documents saying that the building would have 297 parking spaces, he declared, “This amounts to a private developer encouraging and supporting car development.”

The 3rd District freshman went on to call the idea that the project would benefit the city “trickle-down economics” and “irresponsibly myopic.”

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