We want to have more of a visual connection. Such integration will be crucial, given the university's ongoing expansion toward the east. Plans are under way to move the university's bookstore east, as well, from its cramped location in the basement of Gilman Hall to a prominent spot at 3301 North Charles Street. And even farther east on 33rd Street sits the recently acquired Eastern High School site. As the university expands into Charles Village, it does so with an ongoing dialogue with area residents and business owners.
Community leaders appear to welcome the university's increasing presence.
When you look at our real estate market, the demand for housing, especially rental properties, would not be what it is if Hopkins were not here. Spurrier is one of the onlookers on that November day as Gross describes his vision for a pedestrian 34th Street. In fact, Charles Villagers have been present throughout the process of creating the new master plan. One of the ways in which the university is working most closely with community representatives is to realize a joint goal of a redesign of North Charles Street. Both plans call for the main thoroughfare to be transformed into a symmetrical street with a center grassy median.