Baltimore City Deconstruction Project
Humanim, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
The Baltimore City Deconstruction Project, a collaboration between Humanim, Inc., and city and government partners, is employing a new model to transform once-blighted blocks of dilapidated, vacant houses in Baltimore’s inner city into thriving green space. They are achieving this, not by clogging landfills with demolition debris, but by hiring and training local residents, many who were formerly incarcerated, to take apart these buildings, piece-by- piece, and then salvaging bricks and boards for resale.