Baltimore: Is it safe to walk to the Edgar Allan Poe house and museum from the Inner Harbor?

[Anonymous]

Thank you for sharing your insight.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t. We we’re in Baltimore last weekend and we couldn’t believe how much the city has deteriorated. It’s really sad and no I didn’t feel very safe and we were near the Inner Harbor.

[Anonymous]

Have you looked at that on a map? They are fairly far away from each other.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t. Long walk, and the Poe house itself is in a not great area.

[Anonymous]

I took a bus to the Edgar Allan Poe house years ago and didn’t feel safe in the neighborhood. No way I’d walk there. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

I don’t even think the Inner Harbor area is terribly safe anymore. Agree with PP that the last few years have not been kind to Baltimore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t. Long walk, and the Poe house itself is in a not great area.

+1

[Anonymous]

Advice from a local:

This is risky because it would involve crossing MLK Blvd. Nearly everywhere downtown that's east of MLK is safe, and nearly everywhere downtown that's west of MLK ("West Baltimore") is potentially dangerous. Always move vary carefully west of MLK.

Baltimore varies tremendously block by block. If you took Lexington St, you should be fine. I just checked it on street view and there were no red flags. And if anything goes wrong, the Chief Medical Examiner's Office is only a few blocks away, so your body won't have to be transported far for the autopsy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Advice from a local:

This is risky because it would involve crossing MLK Blvd. Nearly everywhere downtown that's east of MLK is safe, and nearly everywhere downtown that's west of MLK ("West Baltimore") is potentially dangerous. Always move vary carefully west of MLK.

Baltimore varies tremendously block by block. If you took Lexington St, you should be fine. I just checked it on street view and there were no red flags. And if anything goes wrong, the Chief Medical Examiner's Office is only a few blocks away, so your body won't have to be transported far for the autopsy.

OMG

[Anonymous]

Drive to the EAP house and park close to it. I visited it in 1999 and it is situated in the projects. There were people hanging around and they commented that we were there to see the Poe house. I didn't feel unsafe, but it was strange to have our intentions "sorted out" by the locals. There were other people who looked like us who were clearly there to buy dope.

[Anonymous]

^^I haven't been back and probably won't any time oon. I would like to bring my kids sometimes, though.

[Anonymous]

You could always check out the grave. It’s right next to UMD School of Law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Drive to the EAP house and park close to it. I visited it in 1999 and it is situated in the projects. There were people hanging around and they commented that we were there to see the Poe house. I didn't feel unsafe, but it was strange to have our intentions "sorted out" by the locals. There were other people who looked like us who were clearly there to buy dope.

Same. Two white girls in puff coats. There were a bunch of vacant blocks on the way so I was paying attention, but I've lived in cities my entire adult life so I was feeling alert but okay. We turned down a block and suddenly everyone was out on stoops and a bunch of cars driving slowly down the block. A guy said hey to us, checked in to make sure we were headed to the Poe house and then pointed us in the right direction. Baltimore City should be paying that block a tourism stipend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Advice from a local:

This is risky because it would involve crossing MLK Blvd. Nearly everywhere downtown that's east of MLK is safe, and nearly everywhere downtown that's west of MLK ("West Baltimore") is potentially dangerous. Always move vary carefully west of MLK.

Baltimore varies tremendously block by block. If you took Lexington St, you should be fine. I just checked it on street view and there were no red flags. And if anything goes wrong, the Chief Medical Examiner's Office is only a few blocks away, so your body won't have to be transported far for the autopsy.

Damn, that's dark. I was looking at the map and I could get them to the UM Medical Center safely going straight down Pratt or Lombard and then skirting around the hospital to Fayette. It's gets weird those last two blocks but would probably be fine during the day. I was there because a loved one was in hospital there for a few days and stayed at a place on Howard. The whole vibe can change in a block in that area.

[Anonymous]

Maybe go when the Poe house is having an event. There may be more normal activity/police on alert then.