Baltimore’s Commission on Historical and Architectural Preservation is delaying a public hearing on the city’s proposal to erect a telecommunications tower in Druid Hill Park, days after neighbors voiced their displeasure at the thought of a 180-foot-tall pole altering sight lines of the historic 745-acre space.

CHAP updated its March 12 agenda this afternoon, marking the item “postponed,” and has rescheduled it for April 9.

The commission is considering the tower for concept review because the park is a city-owned property, placing it under CHAP’s purview. Eric Holcomb, the preservation commission’s executive director, said Thursday the city’s Real Estate Department, housed within the Office of the Comptroller, moved to delay the hearing because officials “wanted to have more time to reach out to community groups” about their plans.

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