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OAKENSHAWE
Terraced homes, a short walk from Johns Hopkins University
Built in 1916, the tight-knit community of Oakenshawe just celebrated its centennial with a Valentine’s Tea Party and plant sale. If that sounds too quaint for your taste, they’ve also partnered with a nearby brewery to produce a custom-brewed “Oakenshawe Amber Ale.” Known for its camaraderie, Oakenshawe holds an Easter Egg Hunt in the spring, a Halloween Parade in Oc- tober, and a Terrace Party in the fall. Families in Oak- enshawe choose among private schools, charter schools, and the newly rebuilt public zoned school — Waverly Elementary.
Home styles: Terraced rowhouses in stone and stucco with slate roofs. Old, leafy trees line most- ly quiet streets, adding to the architectural appeal. The Commission for Historical and Architectural
Preservation (CHAP) offers tax credits for renova- tions done to a historically correct standard, which are available in this historic district.
Walk to: Johns Hopkins University (where many residents work), the Waverly Farmers Market, the new Waverly branch of the Enoch Pratt Library, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Union Memorial Hospi- tal, and dozens of Charles Village restaurants.
Oakenshawe is well served by city bus service on University Parkway.
Home prices: The median price for homes is just under $200,000, with a steady annual increase, in recent years, of nine percent, and proximity to much higher-priced homes in nearby Guilford.
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