Village of Cross Keys
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Village of Cross Keys is a privately owned upscale area of Baltimore, Maryland. It is located off Falls Road
between Northern Parkway
and Coldspring Lane, and is home to luxury condos and upscale small shops. It was built in 1965 by Baltimore developer James Rouse (founder of The Rouse Company
), as the first in a series of planned communities developed by Rouse, culminating in Columbia, Maryland
.
Maryland Route 25
Maryland Route 25 , locally known for nearly its entire length as Falls Road, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. It begins north of downtown Baltimore, just north of Penn Station, and continues north through Baltimore County almost to the Pennsylvania state line...
between Northern Parkway
Northern Parkway (Baltimore)
Northern Parkway is a major road that runs west–east across the northern part of the city Baltimore. For most of the way, it is at least six lanes wide, and it is used by motorists for crosstown travel....
and Coldspring Lane, and is home to luxury condos and upscale small shops. It was built in 1965 by Baltimore developer James Rouse (founder of The Rouse Company
The Rouse Company
The Rouse Company, founded by James W. Rouse in 1939, was a publicly held shopping mall and community developer from 1956 until 2004, when General Growth Properties Inc...
), as the first in a series of planned communities developed by Rouse, culminating in Columbia, Maryland
Columbia, Maryland
Columbia is a planned community that consists of ten self-contained villages, located in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, not...
.