Finished City Homes
A block of seven new city homes have been finished by Mattamy Homes on Meeting Place facing the north end of Corine Common. Three homes are currently open as models and four homes are occupied by new owners.
New City Homes on Meeting Place
An additional seven homes directly facing Corine Common is nearing completion.
Nearing completion
More homes are under construction on Brink Alley
Brink Alley
Brink Alley - click on photo for more construction pics.
Arts Festival Artist
The Baldwin Park Arts Festival featured local artists and organizations from the area.
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March 2010 Arts Festival
The sun never came out but the crowds did, where they sampled dozens of types and flavors of Chili.
2010 Orlando Chili Cook-Off in Baldwin Park
CHILI IS SO HOT IT MIGHT BE CONTRIBUTING TO GLOBAL WARMING!
Click on photo for more 2010 ORLANDO CHILI COOK-OFF
Construction is moving ahead as Mattamy town homes are built in Baldwin Park. To see more photographs go to Photo Stream. New photographs posted in photostream March 25, 2010.
Dry Wall Installation March 25, 2010
February 24, 2010
Santa Arrives In Parade
Saturday night December 12th was the Baldwin Park Festival of Lights which included a Parade and many other activities. Due to rain in the area last Saturday many floats and marchers came from other nearby communities to march in the Baldwin Park, Orlando Parade.
Winter Park High School Band Marches in Baldwin Park Parade
Baldwin Park
The Baldwin Park Story Documentary will explore various aspects of the development and current status of Baldwin Park in Orlando Florida as well as look at other aspects of New Urbanism and Planned Communities.
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The preview is based on an initial interview with Barbara Koenig and David Pace of New Broad Street Development and Realty Companies
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Preview Clip Documentary The Baldwin Park Story
Construction Town Homes Baldwin Park
Mattamy Homes has broken ground for the first phase of construction on Meeting Place in Baldwin Park. The town homes will include models and units for sale. The homes are located near the down town area of Baldwin Park.
The Baldwin Park Story Documentary plans to shoot various phase of the construction process as part of the ongoing story and interview home buyers about why they’ve decided to move to Baldwin Park.
In addition the documentary will examine the concepts of Planned Communities and New Urbanism as they apply to Baldwin Park and other neighborhoods and communities in other locations.
November 11, 2009
Mattamy Site
Ground Breaking
Foundations
Meeting Place Site
Foundation Construction
Lake Baldwin, Baldwin Park Florida
The Baldwin Park Story Documentary production plans to interview a number of current Baldwin Park Residents, Shop Owners others as part of the ongoing documentary effort. A number of future events in the area will also be documented.
Additional interviews with experts in the areas of Urban Planning, New Urbanism, Green Communities and Planned Communities.
J R Martin
Baldwin Park in Orlando, Florida © JRM
It’s not difficult to come up with an idea for a documentary project. There are non-fiction stories around us all the time. Taking that idea and deciding how or if you want to tell the story takes some effort. There are a number of questions to ask yourself. For example is this a story worth telling, will anyone be interested in the subject? This doesn’t preclude working on a project to inform others of an issue or topic that needs to looked at. We’re talking about how broad the subject or idea is and what the best way to document it might be. (more…)
Chicago
One of the things we plan to look at in The Baldwin Park Story is the similarities and/or differences between a planned community built in an urban environment and a traditional city neighborhood. In many cities people are moving back to the neighborhoods their families reluctantly left years ago. Most neighborhoods were comfortable places to live for any number of reasons. Planned Communities offer many of the same amenities as neighborhoods did, like being able to walk to stores, and children walking to school. (more…)
