Last House on 100 Block of S. Belvidere Demolished
108 S. Belvidere was demolished today by its current owner, developer Ved Jain. Many Oregon Hill residents are dreading his plans for “Cary Street Apts. Phase II” (Phase I is at the corner of Belvidere and Cary Streets).
It’s sad to think about how much of the periphery of the neighborhood has been eroded just in the past decade. The entire 200 block of south Linden on the westernmost edge, the entire 100 block of Belvidere on the easternmost edge, several houses along the Cary Street corridor on the northernmost edge, and the original 700 blocks in ’97 on the southern edge.
[...] U.S. 1 was created, Belvidere was a one lane, tree-lined, residential street like Laurel St. Sadly, the last house that faced Belvidere was destroyed earlier this year. The park concept was thought of as something that would offer a buffer from the increasing traffic [...]
[...] of the current trilogy of planning posts. As mentioned before, Oregon Hill residents are very concerned about Ved Jain’s plans for Belvidere St. It does not help that rezoning has still not gone through. It does not help that greenway plans [...]