Frankly fake but authentically Baltimore, the Formstone that swaths many a rowhouse may seem low-brow or even tacky to some. But should it be illegal? A proposed overhaul of the Baltimore’s zoning ...

Formstone, a stucco faux-stone material, is synonymous with the Baltimore landscape. It covers row houses in blue collar neighborhoods throughout this city; native son John Waters is a devotee. But ...

Formstone, the exterior stucco covering that resembles stone, spread across Lancaster city in the 1950s and 1960s as homeowners sought a maintenance-free update to nearly century-old rowhouses. But to ...

Lancaster City Council members Tuesday approved a pair of measures intended to protect the city’s historic buildings. The first was a revision to the city’s heritage conservation district ordinance ...