A hearing before the Commission for Historical & Architectural Preservation (CHAP) next Tuesday should determine whether the dilapidated building at 214 West Mulberry Street – the former Martick’s Restaurant Francais – actively contributes to the Howard Street Commercial Historic District.
If CHAP decides that it doesn’t, Park Avenue Partners – a development group consisting of Vitruvius President Christopher Janian, TriStar Group Principal Stephen L. Briggs, Washington Baltimore Development Company’s Michael Hunter, and DC developer Fred Greene, of FLGA – will be free to bulldoze the old bohemian bar and French restaurant.
Some building facades will be preserved under PAP’s plan to build a 100-unit apartment and restaurant complex on this West Side block, but the developers say Martick’s building was too far gone to save.
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