A small neighborhood sit just ten blocks away from the Inner Harbor. This is the neighborhood of Mount Vernon and here you will find the best of what life has to offer. This is a college town and an artistic hub. There are funky apartment buildings and exquisite mansions. Artists and corporate professionals, all sitting in the same coffee shops and the same restaurants, all wishing to avoid the hum drum life that comes from living in the suburbs outside the center of the city. The location is convenient and access to a many different services, sources of entertainment and a world of art sit just outside any front door in Mount Vernon.
When the city’s port began to thrive in the early 1900′s, from a small town into a metropolitan place of wealth and prominence, this was the neighborhood. Residents during that time included some of the most influential business people, and they chose the best architects working at the time to build their houses, the monuments and the buildings in Mount Vernon. These works of structural art are one of the aspects that contribute to the charm of the neighborhood today. Many of them are still standing.
Over the years the owners of these buildings have been renovating these wonders of Baltimore. Plumbing, electrical and structural elements have been updated, without loosing their original charm and craftsmanship. Many of them were originally built as residential homes, but are now the homes of such institutions as the Walters Art Gallery and the Engineering Society. Set amidst these Victorian beauties are row homes, high rises, condos, and carriage houses.
Just walking down Charles Street, is a visual experience in and of itself. Each 1st Thursday, the neighborhood sponsors the art walk, on this street and all the galleries open their doors, there is music and food and art. Festivals happen throughout the year, music, theatre, dance and art. This is not only a cultural area but one that is economically thriving and well taken care of by all of the residents fortunate enough to live in Mount Vernon, one of the hippest districts in the city of Baltimore.
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