The Robots are coming!!!

Well folks it looks like we lost. You may have heard that for the past five years we have waged a campaign against developer David Hillman's plans to build a "robotic garage" next to our 1791 Old Saint Paul's Rectory building. Several weeks ago the plans received approval from the city's Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel, some of whose members continued to have issues with the design. However, they are now out of the loop and the Planning Department is in control and is determined to move this project forward come hell or holy water.

According to the Baltimore Sun "after the meeting, developer David H. Hillman said he had received verbal approval for his garage from the administration of former mayor and now Gov. Martin O'Malley. "The garage was part of a deal I made when I said I would buy and renovate the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Building." He said that building, on nearby Lexington Street and converted into apartments, needs parking for tenants."
Apartments are part of the project and will face Saratoga street.
So, as they say "you can't fight city hall". WE TRIED.
Here is a rendering of the proposed design.