Miller's Court

Miller’s Court

SO I live in this incredible building! A father and son team named Donald (father) and Thibault (son) Manekin renovated an old canning factory that was originally built in the 20^th century. Donald used to work for Baltimore City Schools and realized the importance of providing teachers with a supportive living environment. So he and his son got together and designed Miller’s Court. The building opened in July of 2009. Half of the building is home to non-profit offices. So during the day many non-profit organizations such as Young Audiences, Play Works and Teach for America hold business there. The other portion of the building is apartment units.

Because the Manekins are so generous and very in tune to teachers’ needs they give us teachers a HUGE discount on their rent. As Teach for America Baltimore holds their office in Miller’s Court many of the residence are Teach for America teachers. Another large portion of the residence are Baltimore City Teaching Residency teachers, which is Baltimore’s version of Teach for America.

a picture of the outside of my building (yes...i need to work on my photography skills!)

What is amazing about this building is that it is a community of practically all teachers! Many of the residence are just like me, brand new to the field of teaching and brand new to Baltimore. To support us the Manekins have created various common areas some with copy machines and other “teachery” resources and my favorite the court yard were monthly events are held.

Miller’s Court has been such a blessing for me because not only is it extremely safe (you literally have to have a key swipe card thing to get through each door- so I feel extremely comfortable living alone) but it has also been a great way for me to make friends- and more importantly friends with people who know what it feels like to move across the country and start a new career! ( I think that was a run-on sentence…)

So…that was a super long explanation but I thought it was important for you to know a bit about where I live!!!!

I will try and post some before and after pictures of my apartment.

here are some before pics...

The room where you will stay when you come visit me!

my bathroom...

part of my living room...

and my tiny kitchen!

here are some after pics...

the main half of my room.

again...my room

other side of my room...yes i have some awesome/cheesy christmas lights!

awkward pic of my bathroom.

my table and hallway...

my kitchen.

my living room (is that one word?!?!)

living room closer up....

guest room AKA where you will stay when you come visit me!!!

again your room... :)

guest (aka your) bathroom...

ok...stay tuned for pictures of my classroom!!!!