Atlas Obscura
Baltimore’s Painted Ladies in Baltimore, Maryland
From the late 90s to early 2000s, the Charles Village area of Baltimore had a house-painting contest inspired by San Francisco’s famous “Painted Ladies” to celebrate and reinvigorate the neighborhood’s architecture. While the contest has long been discontinued, many residents still keep up their colorful homes as a sign of community pride. While there are brightly-painted houses all around the…
Area had a house-painting contest for architecture