Client, Year

Enterprise Community Development, 2020

Services

Architectural Signage
Placemaking

Photography

Metro Heights at Mondawmin

Landmark signage to mark a turning point

The opening of Metro Heights marked a turning point for its West Baltimore neighborhood: it replaced 12 vacant, derelict structures with 70 affordable, high-quality apartments. Ashton worked with the development team to create a roof-line sign, pedestrian signage, and a sculpture at its entrace, which helped commemorate its landmark status.

Served by eleven bus lines and the metro, Metro Heights is an important connection point for its community. We celebrated this by laser cutting the nearby neighborhoods’ names into the entrance sculpture's stainless steel panels. 

The 11-foot sign is constructed of two bent panels: one mattegalvanized and the other rendered in a polished mirror finish. In person, the letterforms reflect and overlap to convey the kinship of the community. 

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