Jim Rouse – Sandy Rosenberg

Growing up in Northwest Baltimore, I used to drive by Cross Keys on my way to City College and Memorial Stadium.

This week, I was asked to speak at a ceremony dedicating the gate house to Jim Rouse, the developer of Cross Keys.

Mr. Rouse was also the developer of Harborplace and the city of Columbia.

In my remarks, I spoke of being on the 21^st floor of the World Trade Center this past Saturday and viewing all of the development that has taken place in the more than 40 years since it was built.

“Jim Rouse must have looked out upon the Inner Harbor and envisioned Harborplace,” I said. “Others may have doubted his vision, but he said, ‘Why not?’”

This week, I met in Violetville Park with constituents and officials from Baltimore City Recreation and Parks to discuss renovation of the site.

Violetville is a new part of the 41^st District, after redistricting.

Until now, I had only seen the park from an Amtrak train.

I am working on both of these projects with my 41^st District colleagues, Senator Jill Carter, Delegates Dalya Attar and Tony Bridges.

Hard work. Real results.

You don’t ask a question to which you don’t know the answer.

I learned that in law school.

Nowadays, you don’t ask a question to which Google doesn’t know the answer.

But you have to ask the right question.

The deplorable conditions of the living quarters for people who work and live on the backstretch of the Maryland race tracks owned by the Stronach Group has come to light recently.

I remembered that Jim Rouse, the developer of Columbia and Harborplace, had been involved in building these living quarters a while ago.

However, I didn’t know the name of the builder for the project. For Google to know the answer, I would need to know the builder’s name.

So I spoke with a housing activist, hoping that his memory would be better than mine.

It was. Jim Ryan was the builder.

Nearly 30 years ago, he was instrumental in building new facilities.

They haven’t received much attention since.

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