Tag: Underbelly
While writing a previous post that looked at the debate over the oldest house in Baltimore, a coworker introduced me…
On an auspicious afternoon in late September 1903, a crowd of Baltimoreans converged onto the intersection of Mount Royal Avenue and…
In 1863 the Baltimore City Council approved a $300,000 loan to construct a billion gallon capacity reservoir in the newly…
Among the many mysterious photographs in MdHS’s collections, two of an elephant stand out as particularly unsettling. Buried in the…
Half a block north of where Fell, Thames, and Ann Streets intersect just east of the heart of Fell’s Point,…
When one thinks of arctic exploration, the state of Maryland does not immediately come to mind. But Maryland’s connection to…
…and here are a few images of good cheer from the Maryland Historical Society’s collection of photographs. Happy Holidays!
Since last month’s Hampden Reservoir post, I have taken more delight in my commute as I pass by Roosevelt Park,…
Like so much of the City of Baltimore, the annual monument lighting bears the stamp of Mayor William Donald Schaefer.…
Today’s “Then and Now” photograph was taken from the roof of the Pratt Street Power Plant, ca. 1905. The three-story…