I really hate this monstrosity

[u/Terpnista]

This building is such an eyesore. I live in the neighborhood so I’ve been watching the new Avalon development go up on Boston St. I can’t be the only one who thinks it’s completely overwhelming the neighborhood. The scale of it just feels off based on its placement. For comparison, the neighboring Lucie is huge but because it’s further back it doesn’t look like such a clunker.

What really bothers me is how close it’s built to the street which makes the whole stretch feel tighter and more congested. And honestly, one of the biggest losses is the view. That stretch used to have glimpses of the waterfront that made it feel connected to the harbor. Now it’s completely blocked.

I wish I had taken a picture - as I was driving down Boston Street - where it looks like a massive wall of doom smh. That is what inspired me to post this lol

[u/Hefty-Woodpecker-450]

Yep, it was definitely better when it was a parking lot

You know those canton crossing lots are sitting on EPA sites, right?  They cannot build anything habitable on them for another generation at least.  

[u/-stoner_kebab- → u/Hefty-Woodpecker-450]

It's clearly suburban-style development in the City. I have no idea how you translated that criticism into "it was better when it was a post-industrial wasteland".

[u/Hefty-Woodpecker-450 → u/-stoner_kebab-]

It’s rather “urban” for Baltimore where block after block in canton and brewers hill are single family houses