Talk:Station North Arts District

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'Station North Arts and Entertainment' district might be a more appropraite title for this neighborhood (or, actually, the far more simple 'Station North'.

Actually, with Jfruh's edits, I like it the way it is now. Although 'Entertainment' is, still, a technical part of the neighborhood's title. Shy 20:35, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Additions, one change 2 Warehouses 3 Prostitution 4 Creative Works

[edit] Additions, one change

I've been meaning to write this article for some time -- thanks for supplying a beginning for me to launch off of! I hope that I have retained all the info in the original article, with one exception: the article as written claims that the "majority" of people living in the district lived in one of the three newly converted loft buildings. Station North includes hundreds of rowhouses and several other apartment buildings; while those lofts are an important part of the neighborhoods transformation, I'm reasonably sure that they don't make up an absolute majority of residents. --Jfruh 15:42, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Warehouses

You're probably right, it was late and I just wanted to get a stub out there so we could get a Station North section rolling. Great job on the edits, btw.

I'm waiting to hear back from my roomate -- he works the courthouses and I think knows exactly how many people live in each of those buildings.

[edit] Prostitution

"A block of Guilford Avenue near the Charles Theater, dominated by empty rowhouses, is well-known as a location where transsexual prostitutes routinely ply their trade"

Having driven by a few times this week, I think it would be more accurate to say, "A block of Federal Street, between St. Paul and Guilford" (or something to that effect) would be far more accurate. That said, I wonder if Wikipedia is supposed to be a source for accurate prostitute geolocation? ;)

I'll leave the edit to someone more brave/experienced. Shy 20:33, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, I'm not familiar with Federal Street; I just know whenever I drive up Guilford after dark, I see those gals working their trade. Plus it worked better with my evocative comparison to the new townhouses popping up across the street ;).

As for geolocation: we here at Wikipedia just seek to provide information. What the reader does with it is beyond our control. ;). --Jfruh 21:20, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

As a Charles Villager who regularly drives northbound on Calvert and Guilford (on my way home, not for prostitutes), I can say that the prostitution is not confined to any one block. They wander around and probably avoid the police. And is it fair to say that drug dealing is a prevalent enough characteristic of the neighborhood to warrant mention? I mean, if this was about Towson, maybe you should include it... but by Baltimore standards, there are hardly any drugs at all. No regular corners

[edit] Creative Works

I am working on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery, and one of the links is Creative Works. Is this a specific building or company? It doesn't seem to really link to Creative works (which redirects to Creative work as a legal term. VikÞor | Talk 23:14, 13 October 2006 (UTC)