Congress Hotel sold for $2.35 million
The Congress, the centenarian west side hotel that housed the legendary Marble Bar, was sold at auction this afternoon for $2.35 million.
The buyer is the property's note holder, Congress Financial LLC, described by an attorney as a group of investors with roots in the area.
Congress Financial bought the note in February after a Baltimore developer that had bought the hotel in 2001 for $2.8 million defaulted on a loan.
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In its heyday, the hotel's Marble Bar hosted new wave bands like Thee Katatonix and R.E.M.
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
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Marble Bar hosted new age bands like Katatonix and R.E.M.
Not to be a jerk but the band was/is called Thee Katatonix
http://katatonix.com/
New age bands? Even if you meant new wave, I wouldn't call R.E.M. new wave. Maybe mumble wave or Byrdcore
Labels, labels, labels.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gnocchi | September 28, 2010 6:54 PM
Why even make it that complicated? REM is pretty much the definitive pop/rock band. Sometimes its that simple.
$2.35M seems like a pretty good auction price.
Posted by: the Baltimore Chop | September 29, 2010 9:02 AM
As I read the whole artlcle about the Congress and the Marble Bar..it brought back memories of the people who said a nightclub "in the area"would never make it , the vision developed by Scott Cunningham (the first Manager of the Marble Bar),and continued by my husband(Roger Anderson) and myself proved to be one of the best things for the arts that happened downtown...I hope someone with continued vision and some courage can do something new that will give The Congress Hotel and the Marble Bar a resurgence LesLee Anderson, Marble Bar (til 1985)
Posted by: leslee anderson | October 2, 2010 8:35 AM
Yeah, but Chop, I need a label or my brain can't understand it. Let's call it Prock. REM is the Harrison Ford of bands.
Posted by: B>) | October 2, 2010 12:32 PM