# Old Town Mall

Baltimore, MD · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-424222a976` · release 2026.10.20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/md/baltimore-old-town-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-424222a976.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-424222a976.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-424222a976

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | closed | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop, regreen | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing, office, retail, park, hotel, civic | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The Old Town Mall or Oldtown Mall is a mostly abandoned outdoor pedestrian shopping mall in the Old Town neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The mall contains 64 stores, the majority of which are closed. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 64 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | developers from the Baltimore area | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | The redeveloped site includes new housing, office, and commercial space, a new park, hotel and an updated community center. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **after_notes**: “The Old Town Mall or Oldtown Mall is a mostly abandoned outdoor pedestrian shopping mall in the Old Town neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The mall contains 64 stores, the majority of which are closed.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Mall
- **status**: “The Old Town Mall or Oldtown Mall is a mostly abandoned outdoor pedestrian shopping mall” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Mall
- **strategy**: “The redeveloped site includes new housing, office, and commercial space, a new park, hotel and an updated community center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Mall

## Anchors

Kaufman's department store

## Timeline

- 1968: Baltimore riot of 1968 leads to redevelopment of Gay Street into Old Town Mall
- 2016: Developers emerge with plans to restore Old Town Mall
- 2023: Plans announced to bring Lidl grocery store near old market

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Old Town Mall or Oldtown Mall is a mostly abandoned outdoor pedestrian shopping mall in the Old Town neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The mall contains 64 stores, the majority of which are closed. The area has seen many periods of revival and decline in the past 200 years since its opening. The area is currently under redevelopment as part of the Perkins, Somerset Oldtown (PSO) Transformation Plan. The redevelopment is being competed with funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development in partnership with the Housing Authority of Baltimore City.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for after_notes — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Old Town Mall, Baltimore, MD." Record m-424222a976, release 2026.10.20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/md/baltimore-old-town-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_baltimoreoldtownmall,
  title = {Old Town Mall, Baltimore, MD},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/md/baltimore-old-town-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-424222a976, release 2026.10.20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.