A fresh start for the Rosemont Homes in West Baltimore

The first builders arrived this week at a half empty 1970s public housing project within a West Baltimore neighborhood. Over the next year, the 1970s Rosemont Homes, a village of town houses, will emerge renewed, with an upgraded recreation center. Rosemont, a neighborhood that follows the contours of the hilly Gwynns Falls Valley south of Walbrook, is a community where residents remain proud of their tidy streets. “It’s a blessing that the recreation center will be restored,” said Robert Hunt, a longtime Rosemont resident. “We’re a community with a majority of homeowners … I consider Rosemont my oasis.”