.....Heading
East on Hamburg, the street dead ends at the south end of
Federal Hill Park.423 E. Hamburg is actually picturesque structure that
originally went up as two separate house in about 1830.
Walk
along the east side of 423 E. Hamburg and down the steps
descending from Federal Hill to the Dickensonian sounding
Grindall Street.The
new house on your right was built by an architect who refused
to consider designing a home more in keeping with the unique
character of the neighborhood.It is somewhat ironic that the wonderful water view he
now enjoys will be short lived, however, as one of his clients
will begin construction of pier housing directly to the east
will that will obscure the impressive vista somewhat.
Further
to the west on the right hand side of Grindall Street are some
of the first homes restored in 1975 as part of an interesting
plan for renovation developed by a young group named Streuver
Brothers and Eccles.Though
only in their mid-20’s, these three managed to convince the
Baltimore Federal Savings and Loan Association to lend them
money so they could begin work.Spending just three months on each house, within one
year they remodeled and re-sold 12 residences on Grindall.Today, there company is one of the most successful
commercial developers in Baltimore City with projects such as
Tide Point, the American Can Company (Canton) and the new
Phillips Seafood World Headquarters in Locust Point.