In This Issue.

TCNA Co-Presidents' Updates

Crime Reports: Attempted Carjacking

Neighborhood Committees

• Membership Committee: Good News
• Public Safety Updates: Crime Data
• Calvert Liaison Committee: Lower School Construction
• Greens Committee: Leaves
• Streets Committee: Linkwood Road Project
• Communications: Website - History of the Stony Run Area

Neighborhood News

• Signs at The Social, 3900 N Charles
• Lower Stony Run Strategic Master Plan
• Ridgemede Condo Repairs
• Demographic Data: Race and Ethnicity
• The Tuscan Hills (Foremer Linkwood Apartments)
• Stoneyford Road Repairs
• TCNA Snow Plan

Johns Hopkins University

• New Location for Ice Rink
• JHU Early Learning Center Moving to University Parkway
• New Data Science and Translation Institute

Restaurants In Tuscany-Canterbury

Home & Condo: Sale Prices and Active Listing

• Sales (Current and Under Contract)
• Active Listings (including number of days on market and asking price)

Events In and Around Tuscany-Canterbury

TCNA is stronger with you as a member!

We’d ❤️ to have you join us or renew your dues. 

Stopped the Sign

This year Tuscany-Canterbury with your support was able to negotiate a MOU on a liquor license that will limit the hours that take-out liquor could be sold. There was a lit sign request for a 28 foot sign on a Charles Street, and we stopped it with your help.

Liquor License MOU

Membership Report

November 2023        

We are happy to report that we have 7 new household members since July 1.  We love having new members and love seeing those of you who have been members in the past renewing your memberships. Your dues help keep the TCNA alive and well.

If new neighbors move in next door or down the street, take the time to say hello and introduce them to our wonderful and informative website and encourage them to become members and sign up for our equally wonderful and informative newsletter. You can also send us an email at presidentTCNA@gmail.com with the address of your new neighbors and we will reach out to them.

Pat Hawthorne

Chair, TCNA Membership Committee

TCNA Neighborhood November Updates

Pat Hawthorne and Mike Travieso, Co-Presidents

At the business meeting after the presentation, the following were discussed:

1.  Calvert School Covenant Renewal: We (Pat and Mike) met with Andrew Holmgren and Tom Travers at Calvert in October to discuss how we want to move forward with the renewal process. We agreed that the TCNA would initiate the process by coming up with a list of things that we deem important to be included in a new covenant. We will start that process after the first of the year.

2.  Illegal Signs at The Social: See the report from Rich Reis later in the newsletter. The TCNA is monitoring the problem and will continue to report to community until it is resolved.

3.  There was general consensus that we should resume holding a neighborhood picnic /event next fall after a brief hiatus due to COVID. We will also plan to have a social gathering before the next TCNA General Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Stay tuned for details!!

4. Other concerns were raised by residents attending the meeting

• The new one-lane section of University Parkway between 41st and Charles Streets presents a problem for motorists if emergency vehicles need to get through. We will forward this concern to Brian ten Siethoff, Chair of the TCNA Streets Committee, to find out what DOT recommends.

• The sight line at the intersection of Bishop’s Lane and Charles Street is poor due to the density of parked cars. A request has been made to DOT to move the “No Parking” sign and eliminate one parking space at the intersection. We will follow up with DOT to find out when that change will be made.

• The Stony Run flooding that occurred in September is of serious concern to residents who live in the adjacent area. The TCNA will discuss this issue at its next meeting in January and will report back to the community about efforts at the local and state levels to mitigate future flooding events.

Happy Holidays to Everyone!!

Pat and Mike

Tuscany-Canterbury Public Safety Updates

Paul Gallo, Chair of TCNA Public Safety Committee

Attempted Carjacking in Tuscany-Canterbury

Last week three teenagers tried to steal a car in front the Tuscany/Lombardy on Stoneyford Road. While unloading packages, the car owner left keys in the car. Although the teenagers were unable to steal the car, they took the keys from the car before they ran away. The police were called and responded. No one was hurt but new keys and locks have been made for the car, building and unit.

Please be aware that there has been an uptick in the number of carjackings everywhere in the City. Although Tuscany Canterbury is one of the safest neighborhoods in the City, you must still be smart. 

Ways that we can help make our neighborhood even safer.

• Always lock your doors to your home, car, or garage if you are inside or out.

• Don’t leave anything visible in your car. Put it in your trunk.

• Lights make a huge difference. Keep outside lights on (home, condo, apartments) all night long.  Also have outside lights that are triggered by motion. This is really important for safety for everyone in the neighborhood. 

• If you see anything suspicious, call 911. (That means that you think something is happening or could happen). If something has already happened, call 311 police to report it or file it on line. . CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

• Remove packages from your porch or doorway as soon as possible.

• Register your ring or security camera with the police. They will not be able to access the camera without your permission. CLICK HERE to register your car or for more information.

• Continue to walk in the neighborhood (even in the cold).  More people out, makes a safer neighborhood.

Extensive carjacking tips are also on the TCNA website.

This data does not include any crimes since November 4, 2023

Source: Baltimore Banner Interactive map From January to November 7, 2023 (Tuscany-Canterbury has 7 times the population of Guilford and about the same population of Charles Village.

Neighborhood Events

Neighborhood Yard Sale. Martha Turner, Coordinator

Different board members & neighbors will chair specific events throughout the year.

Special thanks to Martha Turner and a dedicated group of neighbors who organized the Fall TCNA yard sale.

Yard sale behind the Dundee

Linkwood Road Project Update!

We've all been waiting patiently for progress on the Linkwood Road project, and finally we have some great news to report!

At their October 12 meeting, the Baltimore City Planning Commission approved the Lower Stony Run Strategic Plan, which was drafted by Friends of Stony Run through an extensive public engagement effort including outreach to TCNA and other communities along Stony Run. The Strategic Plan contains a recommendation to implement the Linkwood Road walking path as portrayed in the Concept Plan developed by TCNA. The Planning Commission's endorsement is an important milestone for the project.

With the tireless efforts of Sandy Sparks from Friends of Stony Run and our friends at the Parks & People Foundation, we (finally!) have been able to access the State funding that Maggie McIntosh was able secure in her last term in the House of Delegates. Friends of Stony Run will be the Project Manager, and Parks & People Foundation will be our project's fiscal steward, because they have legal standing to be able to access State funding and sign contracts with design engineers and construction firms. We have a great working relationship with both organizations and are happy to have their expertise to help us navigate through the bureaucratic and legal hoops. 

A City-approved design firm will be under contract soon to turn our Concept Plan into formal, engineer-stamped design plans. The designs and other related documents will need to be reviewed and approved by at least three City agencies: Department of Public Works, Department of Recreation and Parks, and Department of Transportation. The approvals process may take quite a while based on recent experience with other projects in the neighborhood that are currently moving through the pipeline. BUT, once we have city approval, we can, at last, move forward with construction.

We'll continue to keep the neighborhood up to date as we reach additional milestones. Thanks to all of our friends on the Streets Committee, and in particular the "Linkwood Six" (you know who you are!) who have been advocating for this project and working to move it forward for many years.

It’s that time of year again!  The leaves have started to fall and it is collection-time.  Please collect leaves, especially those that are along the street curbs and the sidewalks that define your property and keep the storm drains clear of leaves.  This is the responsibility of all homeowners, apartment owners, businessesand condo association.  The leaves can be bagged and put out with the Tuesday trash collection.  

When leaves collect on storm drains and are not removed, they can stop the drainage of water to the storm drains. During rainstorms, roads can become flooded. When temperature freeze, the frozen leaves make it difficult to pull out of parking places. 

DO NOT SWEEP LEAVES INTO THE STREET

Baltimore City Leaf Collection until January 22,2024

The Lombardy

Gardens of Guilford

House on Linkwood Road

In and Around Tuscany-Canterbury

Questions, Comments, Messages

If you see a problem, have a question, or want to help, let TCNA know.

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New and Probably Illegal Signs Social High Rise Apartment 3900 North Charles

Rich Reis, Neighborhood Volunteer

During October 2023, the Social Apartments erected four signs around its property along West 39th Street and Charles Street advertising a side business of parking.

As this newsletter (November 18, 2023) goes to press, most of the signs had been removed except one along their driveway on Charles Street and second along their driveway on W 39th Street. There is a 3rd sign affixed to their building and visible from West 39th Street.

TCNA contacted our City planner, Marie Anderson about the sign issue who noted that the Social is not permitted to run a parking business in our residential (R10) neighborhood; thus the city had cited and fined the Social. The Social will be fined every 30 days until they cease running a parking business or until they apply for and get a special permit for that activity.

Whether the signs are permitted at all remains an important related issue. 

At the same time, we note that the Ambassador Dining Room within the Ambassador apartment house has placed A-frame signs at the intersections of 39th Street and Canterbury Road as well as at University Boulevard and Canterbury Road. These may also be disallowed under zoning ordinances. TCNA is currently reviewing all the signs in the neighborhood.

Approved by Baltimore City Planning Commission

Ridgemede Condo Repairs Completed

This involved the total removal of all the rusted iron railings - which in some places were completely detached from the brickwork which, in turn, was in serious disrepair. In addition, the defective weatherproof balcony flooring surface for all the balconies had to be entirely scraped off and prepped for a new application of weatherproofing. New and stronger railings were installed after external ceilings of each balcony was painted With brick tuck-pointing and power washing, the balconies now completed.

Tuscany-Canterbury Census Data

Race and Ethnicity

Baltimore City Recycling Program

Reminders what not to include in your recycling

Updates: Stoneyford Road

2023 Baltimore City Snow Plan

for the Tuscany-Canterbury Neighborhood

Photo, Baltimore1918

The City or Tuscany-Canterbury does not plow or salt alleys or clear sidewalks.

The Washington Post

Matt Ross and Jason Samenow, November 9, 2023 

• Temporary Ice Rink
• Move Early Learning Center
• New Data Science and Translation Institute

Projects planned for the Old Carnegie Building site

University Parkway and San Martin Drive

Temporary Ice Rink

Due to competing demands for the use of the tennis courts by JHU athletics, the seasonal ice rink will be relocated from the tennis courts on Charles Street to the Old Carnegie site at University Parkway and St. Martin Drive.

Seasonal Ice Rink- Temporary 

• Planning, construction and operation complies with all Baltimore City codes, with site work starting week of November 12, 2023. 
• Dates of Operation: TBD January – late February 2024. 
• Ice Rink is open for community skating. Website forthcoming for reservations.  
• Two entrances- JHU affiliates and public with security provided 24/7 for the area. 
• Portable lighting will be used which will be directed downward towards the rink to reduce light spill. They will be shut down each night after operations. 
• Sound/noise from chiller complies with Baltimore City noise ordinance. 
• There will be a public address system capable of projecting announcements and music during skating sessions that will be monitored and controlled similar to the PA system at the Homewood and Baseball Fields. Music volume for the ice rink will also comply with Baltimore City noise ordinance. 
• Public parking will be available at the Muller Deck Garage on San Martin Drive on the weekends  

Move JHU Early Learning Center

From Wyman Park Drive and Remington

to University Parkway and San Martin Drive

After weeks of consultation with parents, faculty and staff, a decision has been made to relocate the current Homewood Early Learning Center (ELC) that is located on Wyman Park Drive and Remington Avenue to the Old Carnegie Building site, at the corner of University Parkway and San Martin Drive.

JHU is very early in the planning process and additional details for the site will develop over the next several months. A meeting will be scheduled with TCNA in the near future.

New Data Science and Translation Institute with 2 new buildings

South side of Homewood Campus on the Wyman Park Building parcel (current site of the Early Learning Center)

Above: Johns Hopkins University’s proposed Data Science and Translation Institute buildings (A and B in blue) at Wyman Park Drive and Remington Avenue. Depictions show possible massing and height, and are not architectural renderings. (JHU)

In August 2023, Johns Hopkins University announced a new investment it was making in data science and the exploration of artificial intelligence. The sweeping initiative, said JHU President Ronald Daniels, would make Hopkins “a leading hub for engaging the challenges and opportunities of the data revolution now upon us” and would result in the hiring of as many as 80 new faculty members.

More information about the proposed building in The Baltimore Brew, October 30 2023

Restaurants

In and around

Tuscany-Canterbury

Maureen LaPorta, TCNA restaurant liaison

One World Cafe is a vegan and vegetarian restaurant owned by sisters Cindy and Sue. They have been in place at One World cafe for 22 years and the majority of the staff has been there for more than 20 years! Quite an accomplishment. Most of their food items are made in-house and gluten-free options are also available. One World has both indoor and outdoor dining options and offers a full-service bar. Breakfast is served until 3 pm each day. The restaurant is closed on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday through Friday hours are 10am to 8pm, Saturday hours are 9am to 8pm and Sunday hours are 9am to 4pm.

Alizee offers classic American cuisine with a gourmet touch. They have a team of seasoned professionals led by Chef Francisco Lopez leading the group with experience coming from many other city restaurants.

Happy Hour is 4-6 PM, Sunday through Thursday, with 50% off all alcoholic drinks.

There will be specialty nights with lower prices on specialty items of the night. One of their specialties and their most ordered entree is braised short ribs. It is definitely worth trying. There will be more information forthcoming.

There will be cooking classes in January. Contact Ricardo to sign up (410-963-8577).

The Ambassador offers traditional and authentic Indian dishes. Gopal Bishwakarma, owns and manages the Ambassador Restaurant.

All dishes are made from scratch daily including the naan bread. The Ambassador is closed on Monday. They offer a buffet from 11AM - 2:30PM Tuesday through Thursday for $15.00. Friday through Saturday there is an extended buffet which is $18.95. Sunday the extended buffet is $27.95 and includes unlimited mimosas.

The restaurant is also open from 5PM to 10PM Tuesday through Sunday. If you don’t choose the buffet, the extensive menu is always available as well as, vegan and vegetarian options. Chicken tikka masala is their most popular dish. Ambassador has catering and carryout available.

Free parking is next to the building between the Ambassador and the Colonnade. There are 6 - 8 spaces. There is also evening valet parking.

2022 BEST OF BALTIMORE WINNER OF BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT

Cypriana’s owners, Maria Kaimakis and Vassos Yiannouris, are passionate about the quality and authenticity of the food they serve at their Mediterranean cuisine restaurant.

 All items on the menu are handmade, dressings are made from scratch with no preservatives or sugar, and the hummus is handcrafted. They use only the best of olive oil from Crete.

Cypriana offers small plates and entrees serving diners, private parties, and catering. Vassos has spent 33 years challenged to do things right, authentically, and while putting the customer first. Free parking is available across the street from Cypriana on 39th Street. Open Tuesday through Sunday 5pm until 9 or 10pm with no lunch service.

Cypriana is set to open a second location, a 5,595 square foot space in the mix use community of Maple Lawn in Howard County.

The new cafe in the neighborhood, Kanom, insists on food quality. All items are made from scratch daily. The four owners are Nicki, Jeff, Ann, and Mickey. Mickey is the chef. The cafe is open every day except Tuesday from 7AM until 5PM

They are serving coffee, espresso, Thai iced tea and coffee, sodas, boxed sandwiches and salad, cake, pastry, croissants (butter, chocolate, almond, ham and cheese). Salads and hot made in-house sandwiches are coming soon. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, they have additional special croissants for example tiramisu and cookies and cream.

Mickey, the chef, graduated from Culinary School for food and bakery in Thailand. He has worked in pastry shops including in Boston. This is his first ownership in business. Every day Mickey prepares his products at the work table behind a glass divider in the cafe. They encourage everyone to come to see the “show”.

Jeff is also a chef and business owner who has worked in hotels, cruise ships, and restaurants. Jeff is also an owner of two restaurants that will be opening soon, one in Fells Point and one in Towson, serving Thai food. 

They are very excited to be in Tuscany Canterbury and look forward to meeting the neighbors.

• Kanom Instagram @Kanomcafe.md if neighbors would like to follow them.
• Web address www.Kanomcafe.com.
• Contact: 443-708-8108.

Hopkins Market hopes to open in December.

For the first year, Hopkins Market will respond to the customers' needs and determine the level of service to maximize customer’s experience. Hopkins Market will provide fresh deli sushi daily, a coffee bar, light fare like tuna salad, pizza, and groceries, wine, liquor, beer, and more.

They will offer delivery for some products according to guidelines. There will also be a sitting area in the Market. A goal of Hopkins Market is to provide essentials for residents so no one needs to drive daily. There will be more information as they get closer to the opening.

Read more about all the local restaurants in Tuscany-Canterbury in the new TNCA restaurant web page.

Sold Prices, Active Listings, Under Contract

Homes & Condos

Tuscany Canterbury

Thanks to TCNA member and realtor, Julia Frazier, who provides this information.

Note: The information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.   

Source:  This information is gathered from BRIGHT MLS, Inc and is provided courtesy of Julia Martin Frazier of Monument Sotheby's International Realty, Realtor for the Sales, 42 Village Square, MD, Cell: (410) 908-1760; Office: (443)708-7074 email: julia@monumentsothebysrealty.com

Neighbors had lots of fun decorating this year.

Special thanks to John Robinson, neighborhood photographer, and Julie Watson, webmaster for all of their work. The TCNA website has the following image galleries if you missed them this year.

• Winter in Tuscany Canterbury
• Linkwood Road Flood 2023
• University Homes Centennial Celebration July 2023
• Stony Run Bridge Naming Event, May 2023
• University Homes: Now and Then
• Summer Picnic 2023
• Summer Gallery

Events In and Around

Tuscany-Canterbury

If you have an event that you would like included in the newsletter, send information to presidentTCNA@gmail.com the month before the event.

Devoted to Baltimore vocalist Ethel Ennis (1932 – 2019), this landmark exhibition explores each era of the singer's remarkable life—including Ethel's Place, the storied music club she owned with husband Earl Arnett. Featuring some 130 items drawn from the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries' Ethel Ennis and Earl Arnett Collection, the photographs, posters, unpublished written arrangements, audiovisual recordings, business records, and other materials on display trace how Ennis connected with local and international audiences through her artistry and personal philosophies and consciously pioneered a musician's career path deeply rooted in her hometown.

Miracle on 34th Street - Lighting 

November 25 at 6pm

Making Her Mark

Ends January 7, 2024

Free on December 10 and on all Thursdays

The Baltimore Museum of Art hosts another groundbreaking exhibit, this time making sure that patrons know about women artists from 1400-1800 in Europe. Male artists always had the acclaim while omen were considered less talented. This exhibit destroys that belief.

Upcoming Concerts For More Information

TCNA Officers and Board Members

• Co-President: Pat Hawthorne (Gardens of Guilford Condo, Stony Run Lane)
• Co-President: Mike Travieso (Tuscany-Lombardy, Stony Run Lane)
• Past President Julia Frazier (Canterbury Road), Events Committee
• Vice President: Garth Thompson  (Ridgemede Road)
• Treasurer: Bill Bass (Cloverhill Road)
• Secretary: Sam Park (Tuscany Court)

Board Members:

• Bonnie Boland (The Colonnade, Canterbury Road), Gardens Committee
• Josh Cohen (Cloverhill Road), Events, 100th Celebration
• Linda Eberhart (Tuscany Road), Newsletter Coordinator
• Eric Elton (Cloverhill Road), Greens Committee, Co-chair
• Paul Gallo  (Tuscany Court), Public Safety Liaison
• Nancy Lee LaMotte (Ridgemede/Ridgewood Condo, Linkwood Rd), Residential Permit Parking Coordinator. Membership Committee
• Maureen LaPorta (Ridgemede Rd), Neighborhood Restaurant Liaison
• Mat Leffler-Schulman (Cloverhill Road), Events, 100th Celebration
• Rosalyn Mansouri (Winthrop House Condo, Charles Street), Membership Committee
• Amy Mutch (Tuscany Road), Calvert Liaison Committee Chair
• Jo-Ann Orlinsky (St. James Condo, Charles Street), Membership Committee
• Brian ten Siethoff (Cloverhill Road), Streets Committee Chair
• Julie Watson (Canterbury Road), Web Master