 The Carr Lowrey factory was leveled 
along with demolition of the 
substantial huge obsolete heavy-polluting coal-fired power plant and there were plans for waterfront development with a waterfront park and promenade access, though now stalled by 2019.Westport has a picturesque view to the east of the concrete arched spans of the 1914–1917 historic Hanover Street Bridge and the Baltimore downtown skyline along the Inner Harbor to the northeast.As a result of the potential development and newly recognized new waterfront viability with access reopened, housing prices among the 1910s and 20s era rows of older rowhouses on the few Westport streets rose significantly in anticipation of the neighborhood becoming "the Next Canton".