Empowered fitness is a women gym …… very very barebones located at the skate land roller rink in Nottingham.

I like Dan Brothers I’m not sure about baseball gloves but they saved my favorite leather boots!

Exactly in Philly only the youngest elementary school students and special needs kids use school buses and it’s my understanding that New York is the same. Some school buses are prudent but a whole fleet seems like a waste of funds

The Brass Tap is a 3 min walk. It just your average bar but they have a large spirit and ale variety. They are known for their mimosas so have some bartending skills. Good reviews!

It’s because very few city residents actually live down town

I live in Fed and it’s very much like Brooklyn which I moved from. You don’t have to drive from this part of the city to most places but it’s less convenient than the subway. The food scene is very pub snack and seafood focused- you’re just not gonna get the variety like New York. Even Dc has a pretty lackluster food scene, it’s much more expensive to eat out here and quality isn’t always worth the price. One thing that helps is following all the local magazines, newspapers and blogs- there are so many events that come and go that I’d never know about without the blogs. Baltimore mag, baltimore fishbowl, baltimore banner, sobo post to name a few.

Instead of catering to 4500 companies why don’t we build smaller, mixed commercial row homes, and court small businesses like fells point. Fed hill and hampden do? It’s unique, it’s “charming” and it’s more “eyes on the street” than random sky scrapers. Cities like Savannah and Charleston have done this- why can’t we be the Charleston of the North?