Cumberland Pedestrian Mall — Attraction in Cumberland

Baltimore street is the beautiful core of downtown. I saw it pre construction when it was a pedestrian mall.

Pros:

Worth a walk through for the architecture alone. Row after row of 1890s-1920s buildings.

Lots of variety in the downtown area as well. Restaurants, coffee, ice cream, antiquing, book shops, and a music store.

Check out Uncle Jack's, Coney Island famous wieners (lol), and the Book Center (say hi to the cats).

Cons:

The whole street is currently under pretty disruptive construction. Last I heard they're changing it to a road vs a pedestrian mall.

Based on the city plans, I thought construction was supposed to be complete. Looks like construction is running over like construction always does.

Far too many empty buildings. It hasn't turned into blight yet, but empty buildings always run the risk of vandalism, arson, and the like. Hopefully some small businesses can pop up to add some more life to the downtown.

It looks like some of the notable historic buildings are currently for sale. That can be dangerous. All it takes is some developer looking for a quick buck to destroy 200 years of history and put a black eye on the historic nature...

So sad to see the Downtown Mall after seeing pictures of it's Hayday. Not really much to do down their if you don't want coffee or a drink. The stores are certainly not a draw to get me there. Not sure what opening up the Mall to traffic will matter. No place worth driving too. I am old school and believe in quality of an item will soften the price of it. I could stay in LaVale and get better service and food. I am sure a history would love the buildings and reminisce of yesteryear but that would be it. I have lived here all my life and can't understand the draw...

Not so good, right now, all of the downtown area of Cumberland , MD is under construction, maybe soon they will have it all done and it will be a beautiful place to visit, but don't let that stop , Cumberland has many great places to come visit and enjoy an amazing time in the mountain's of western maryland, hope to see you all soon , don't forget to say "Hi" to me, Your Good Ole Friend ,...