a city to watch

photo by Mitro Hood

Baltimore is one of "America's Best Cities for Design."

Almost.

According to a Baltimore Sun report by architecture critic Ed Gunts, we just missed being a top ten city the likes of San Francisco, Portland, New York, Chicago, and Boston - which all made the list.

Gunts writes that, "The independent survey by RMJM Hillier, a large architectural firm based in New York, ranks cities in terms of how well they are designed for "architecture, sustainability and transit."

Not having a top notch transit system was one of our weak points and, apparently we're behind the curve when it comes to adopting sustainable building design.

But, in naming Baltimore as a "city to watch," the report said that we, "have demonstrated a strong sense of design intelligence and are well positioned to become [a] future force on the national scene."

-Mike Evitts