Hollins Market

This past week, the present group worked on collecting more interviews and as a class we were to read the transcriptions to see what is the common theme in them. The theme or "word on the street" is how certain areas, like the Arabbers stables and other local businesses add to the areas rich history. Many locals want to preserve the area and not change it, but with War Horse wanting to build in the area it will definitely change the dynamic of the neighborhood. There is a 'rough' sketch of what Hollins Market is predicted to look like, if construction could happen, but it is a plan the community members haven't really discussed or know if it's ever going to happen. I have an interview before class today with JR, he lives in the community and he also was the previous owner of Mi Ranchito's , which use to be the location where the Cultured Pearl once stood. So I'm definitely excited to see what he has to say about living and running a business in Hollins

The past couple of weeks have been busy ones to say the least; we've recently had past alumni and other special guests in to discuss the outcome of our project. We did something very similar like this last semester, from the "Learning from Lexington", which helped us get an outsiders point of view on how to tweak our project where it will be the most beneficial. The "past" portion of our group has created a digitalized "walking tour" as well as pictures of the current places to use on the website. The present portion of our group have been working on gaining interviews to help contribute to the overall project. My contributions has been targeted setup of the interviews and usage of the equipment, by enlisting a current student who is a pro at the audio equipment. In the coming weeks we will be finishing up interviews and transcribing them for the final project. I'm extremely excited to see how well this project is coming along....

      Over our spring break, I took time looking over the questions we as a present group were wanting to ask. Refining any if needed, also thinking about WHO we wanted to make sure we scheduled interviews with; like a need to go too. As a group we have compiled a nice list, and the next steps were finding help on using the audio equipment. Yes, I have some familiarity with the equipment from last semester, but it's a lot to undertake. So I reached out to the audio expert Adam D, to see if we could schedule time to meet with him and have a learning session. Luckily he will be attending the class this week, so bonus for us in the present group.        The next steps I see for our project, is going out in Hollins Market and scheduling the interviews we as group think will be beneficial to the project. I'm excited for the next steps, because it's going out and doing my favorite part for any project like this; which is talk to individuals in the community.  To learn detailed h

In the past week, we have outlined as a group with our grad student leader Lia; how we as the present group are going to tackle our section of the project. Lia set up for us to pick a certain part of our project to take lead on, so we all are contributing equally. The only difficult part of the assignment Lia gave, is to come up with questions that we would ask. The reason this is so difficult, because you want to make sure the questions being asked are the right ones, so it will have an easy flow to the interview. Also, specific questions can lead  the interviewee to divulging more information in the interview. So the next steps going forward is to plan the days and time we will go out and begin our interviews; I'm excited for whats to come....

The main focus or storyline for our project is to showcase the history of Hollins Market. As mentioned before, there isn't any ground breaking contribution we could do, but more so show case the rich history that stems from Hollins Market. Giving insight to the local businesses that have been built in or near the Market and have lasted as long as they have; is something worth celebrating. Creating a platform of advertisement for the businesses, so locals around Baltimore would come and visit. This could increase revenue for Hollins Market, that may not be present at the Market currently. The name of the project needs to be witty or clever to help draw in interest from outsiders. One idea may be: Walking History of Hollins Market.(yes, I know this screams witty!!)  This project is to help explore the rich history of the Hollins Market and why the area should be consider a staple of Baltimore. During our recent visit of Hollins Market, I was unaware of the history the Market itself h

Hollins Market is seen as a staple of history, especially the surrounding area of the Market. Ways in which we could contribute to the Market is creating a zine, displaying the history of Market and surrounding businesses. This is a way in which we can contribute to local events in the  neighborhood, and give local residents a history of the area around the Market. Contributions of our class project can be seen in, interviews, research, or photography. So we can have pictures or quotes from residents and local business owners. For an event to be meaningful, we need to analyze how we can contribute to Hollins Market. Does something need to change? Do we need to shed light on a specific issue? Creating a zine will help promote Hollins Market and local businesses of the area; for the outside neighborhoods/businesses. The zine can be given or displayed at the SOWEBO festival, where we as a class can contribute our findings. My interests of contributions for the project is primarily interv