Here’s what Ted Rouse wants Baltimore’s planning commission to know about Harborplace

On Thursday, I attended a public hearing of Baltimore’s Planning Commission on three bills connected to the proposed overhaul of the city’s Inner Harbor and Harborplace. I fully expected to be testifying with some design comments on the current proposal by developer P. David Bramble’s MCB Real Estate. To my surprise Sean Davis, chair of the commission, announced at the start of the hearing that no comments on the design would be allowed, as this was a hearing on land use issues only.