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e Sun after Fall, Developer Struever Reappears
e Sun after Fall, Developer Struever ReappearsC. William Struever's real estate empire collapsed and the once-ubiquitous developer dropped off Baltimore's radar, the urban visionary has reappeared as a managing director of a new company, working on the same kinds of projects that helped make his name.
Struever is one of the founders of Cross Street Partners, a real estate venture made up of 28 employees who all once worked for Struever Bros., Eccles & Rouse, the company that changed Baltimore's landscape and that of other East Coast cities before coming apart in the throes of the recession, leaving a trail of lawsuits and unfinished developments.
Their performance could come under even more scrutiny as some media analysts have cited the holding penalty on Marcus Smith that wiped out Lardarius Webb’s 55-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as questionable and the officials missed a Steelers offensive lineman holding defensive tackle Haloti Ngata on the goal-line play that rookie nose tackle Terrence Cody drew a holding penalty of his own.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh declined to grade the crew’s performance.
“I probably am not in the position to rate the referees,” he said after the loss. “It’s not something I’m qualified to do although sometimes I enjoy doing that or take the opportunity to do it. I don’t really have a problem with that right now.”Baltimore has a long tradition of being a wrestling town, and even though it's a traditional WWE market, Baltimore was a big city in the '80s and '90s for other promotions such as the Crocketts and WCW. Now that TNA is coming to Maryland, could we eventually see a TNA show — perhaps a pay-per-view event — in Baltimore in the future?
I've always looked at Baltimore — WCW and the Crocketts, as you know, had monster shows there — as one of those unique cities where both promotions [WWE and whatever its chief competitor was at the time] worked very, very well. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, I've always wanted to bring a big event to Baltimore since TNA was founded, and I definitely think it's in the works. Is it going to come this year? Probably not. But I can't tell you how many tweets I've gotten and how many fans that come from Maryland to see us in Pennsylvania and Virginia say, “When are you going to come to Maryland?” The Maryland wrestling fan — there's a lot of them.
Struever is one of the founders of Cross Street Partners, a real estate venture made up of 28 employees who all once worked for Struever Bros., Eccles & Rouse, the company that changed Baltimore's landscape and that of other East Coast cities before coming apart in the throes of the recession, leaving a trail of lawsuits and unfinished developments.
Their performance could come under even more scrutiny as some media analysts have cited the holding penalty on Marcus Smith that wiped out Lardarius Webb’s 55-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as questionable and the officials missed a Steelers offensive lineman holding defensive tackle Haloti Ngata on the goal-line play that rookie nose tackle Terrence Cody drew a holding penalty of his own.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh declined to grade the crew’s performance.
“I probably am not in the position to rate the referees,” he said after the loss. “It’s not something I’m qualified to do although sometimes I enjoy doing that or take the opportunity to do it. I don’t really have a problem with that right now.”Baltimore has a long tradition of being a wrestling town, and even though it's a traditional WWE market, Baltimore was a big city in the '80s and '90s for other promotions such as the Crocketts and WCW. Now that TNA is coming to Maryland, could we eventually see a TNA show — perhaps a pay-per-view event — in Baltimore in the future?
I've always looked at Baltimore — WCW and the Crocketts, as you know, had monster shows there — as one of those unique cities where both promotions [WWE and whatever its chief competitor was at the time] worked very, very well. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, I've always wanted to bring a big event to Baltimore since TNA was founded, and I definitely think it's in the works. Is it going to come this year? Probably not. But I can't tell you how many tweets I've gotten and how many fans that come from Maryland to see us in Pennsylvania and Virginia say, “When are you going to come to Maryland?” The Maryland wrestling fan — there's a lot of them.
Baltimore Sun after Fall, Developer Struever Reappears
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