**"Entire Downtown Is Effectively Dead:" Baltimore City Descends Further Into Turmoil**
"Entire Downtown Is Effectively Dead:" Baltimore City Descends Further Into Turmoil
Downtown Baltimore is plagued with shootings, carjackings, muggings, and out-of-control packs of teenagers wreaking havoc (https://www.zerohedge.com/political/baltimore-mayor-calls-citywide-curfew-after-all-hell-breaks-out). Baltimore residents can thank five decades of Democrat politicians for mismanaging this once-thriving town.
Earlier this month, the Inner Harbor district was overrun by hundreds of teenagers that resembled an apocalyptic scene from a Hollywood or Netflix movie. The video below might provide some insight into why people are shunning the area, which caused a plunge in foot traffic, making it difficult for retail stores to survive.
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> — Daniel Barahona (@GlobalSETT) April 10, 2023 (https://twitter.com/GlobalSETT/status/1645377339058970625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This leaves us with local media outlet Baltimore Brew's (https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2023/04/20/harborplace-now-empty-shops-locked-doors-and-a-fabulous-view/) reporting about a mall situated on the waterfront, once popular with tourists and residents, had lots of activity, and is now nothing more than a ghost town.
> _"I knew this place had gone down. But I didn't know it was this bad!" exclaimed Patel, a California software engineer who recalled eating at a restaurant in the waterfront mall about a decade ago. He said, "I remember it being pretty nice back then."_
All that's left of the mall is a Hooters restaurant. Baltimore Brew's pictures show almost every other store has moved out.
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... and now, as the media outlet explains, what to do with this prized piece of commercial real estate?
> _That's the question before Mayor Brandon Scott and other city leaders, who yesterday gave Harborplace's new owner, MCB Real Estate, three years to figure out a plan._
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> _Among the other terms of the amended lease that the Board of Estimates approved were three years of rent abatement and up to $1 million for future planning and other costs._
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> _MCB co-founder P. David Bramble says he needs more ti…