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Category: Baltimore
Baltimore benches
Baltimore has put slogans on its public benches over the years. The two best known ones are “The City That Reads” and “The Greatest City In America”. When Baltimore led the US in teen pregnancy rates, some people said the slogan should be “The City That Breeds”.
Three local artists have made small bench replicas that I bought. (I’ll credit them if I can find the information.) The second one is by the Broken Plate co. (Juliet Ames). The third one is by Pangea Printing.
There’s an Instagram account with photos of the benches:
The Baltimore Ravens marching band
ESPN did a 30 for 30 on them. The band was originally the Baltimore Colts band.
Window shutter in a tree
Here’s a window shutter stuck in a tree on Poppleton St, in southwest Baltimore. I walk by it most days and it has been there for about 10 days. We had a really windy day and I assume that’s when it took off. How long will it be there? You would need a ladder to take it down.
Baltimore artist makes art using hubcaps
Bob Irsay’s awful press conference 1/20/84
I remember watching this on TV as it happened. I assume Irsay was drunk. He keeps shouting at someone out of view that he won’t talk to him. Of course, he did move the Colts soon after this so his talk was crap. It’s on the disc of the 30 for 30 on the Baltimore Colts Marching Band.
Fire at Baltimore’s old Northern Police District Building
A large fire damaged this historic building that is now used as apartments.
More posts on Clancy, Baltimore’s great beer man
The post above is a parody based on all of the Ravens players who signed with the NY Giants
I was reminded of Abe Sherman by a post about him
I remember him from his bookstore on Park Avenue. Let’s just say he could be unfriendly to browsers handling his merchandise. I’m not saying this to be critical – that’s just how he was. It was a cool store and reading the articles has taught me a lot about him.
Then I looked for more posts.
The post below has a link to a great article.
Posts on the history of the Baltimore Ravens logo
I prefer the new logo. I remember when they were tearing down Memorial Stadium, you could buy t-shirts with the old logo for a dollar.
Sad! 