HIGHLANDTOWN MAIN STREET/ARTS HIGHLANDTOWN COMMERCIAL

Southeast CDC coordinates both the nationally designated Highlandtown Main Street and statedesignated Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment districts. We team up with businesses, property owners, developers, artists, residents, government, and private organizations to create a thriving commercial district and arts community.

An Evening Of Makers And Artists

The Crown Industrial Park has stood in Southeast Baltimore since the 1890s, originally producing bottle caps (which the Crown Cork and Seal Company innovated and patented!). Although the bottle cap company has long since relocated, the site is still exceptionally productive, housing over 100 artist and maker tenants, including fine artists, sound engineers, film production companies, puppet makers, cabinet makers, and more, spread out over 27 buildings on 17 acres. In collaboration with painters Katie Pumphrey and Beth-Ann Wilson, the Highlandtown Arts District team co-hosted two Crown happy hour and guided studio tours in 2022, with the goal of creating space for tenants to meet each other and learn about each others’ creative process. The events were so successful that we have several planned for 2023.