Clipper Mill News

Tuesday, there was a posting on the Maryland Daily Record's blog announcing that Clipper Mill had received a 2008 Urban Land Institute Excellence Award. Congratulations to Bill Stuever and everyone at Stuever Bros. Eccles and Rouse.

MDR's blogger Robbie Whelen writes, "(Clipper Mill) ... features a pool surrounded by faux-Roman columns that make the run-down stone walls of the old mill building look like the site of a classical ruin."

I have to disagree with you, Robbie. The faux-Roman columns might be the worst exterior feature of the renovated complex. Those columns do not work at all with the 1850's brick and stone textures that dominate most of the site. The columns just draw attention to themselves for what they are, cheesy faux-Roman columns that belong in the Towson Town Center mall.

That criticism aside, the complex has been a success, as The Millrace Condos at Clipper Mill have sold out.