Welcome to the Charles Street Website => January 2012 Update. The Charles Street Reconstruction project website, has been updated and revised to present the completion of Advertisement to Contractors in December 2011. Please use this website for access to current information, project updates, and previous studies and reports. Comments are welcome.

Overview:

Extending from South Baltimore north to the Baltimore Beltway, Charles Street is one of Baltimore City's premier streets. It is also now listed as a Maryland Scenic Byway. The North Charles Street boulevard portion, between 29 th Street and University Parkway, is lined with residential, commercial, academic/institutional, and religious organizations and is one of the more beautiful sections of this important street. Although the current design by Wyatt and Nolting completed in the early 1900's was not without controversy (reference Charles Street, A Boulevard Revisited - produced by David Holden for the Friends of Maryland's Olmsted Parks and Landscapes, Inc., 2000), the street has continued to serve increasing land use, traffic, pedestrian and parking demands.

Landmarks along the boulevard portion of North Charles Street include the Wyman Park Dell and Charles Village Community, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Johns Hopkins University, and several religious institutions. Unfortunately, the current plan and lane utilization dating from an early 20th Century design, when combined with today's traffic volumes, speeds and heavy pedestrian crossings, merits serious reassessment and re-evaluation. Master Plans previously prepared for Charles Village, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and Johns Hopkins University have identified the need to improve North Charles Street.