Charles Village began as a post-Civil War developer's project to build up-scale residences north of the downtown area in a newly created neighborhood called Peabody Heights. The public was slow to warm to the concept, and it wasn't until the 1890s that demand for houses in Peabody Heights began to rise. The area grew rapidly filling with ornate row houses. Johns Hopkins University moved to the area in 1915 and sparked a second wave of development in apartment buildings, and in the 1960s the area was renamed Charles Village after Charles Street, which anchors the neighborhood. Currently the University and private developers are engaged in major new construction which will add a University bookstore, shops, restaurants, and student housing as well as lofts and condos to this vibrant neighborhood. The area houses a diverse socio-economic group including students and long time residents.
Home to Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore Museum of Art, as well as a number of restaurants and shops, Charles Village is a quick bus ride from the Inner Harbor on the No. 3 or No. 11 bus.
What to see and do and where to eat in Charles Village
Charles Village Community Benefits District: http://www.charlesvillage.org/