Category: Baltimore
I saw the Wienermobile
It was at the B&O Railroad Museum, a few blocks from my house. I got a sticker and whistle.
The Frankmobile is once again the Wienermobile.
Old Oriole Park
This was the baseball park before Memorial Stadium.
The Wienermobile is coming to Baltimore
I plan to check it out.
The Crimea – a Baltimore Estate
Baltimore’s Highway to Nowhere
Baltimore Sun article didn’t mention terrible Hogan decision
The article says (with my bolding):
Long-term goals include reforming the structure of the Maryland Transit Administration to include more local oversight, implementing an east-to-west rapid transit plan for Baltimore, adding more railroad stations in the metropolitan region and providing faster and more frequent commuter MARC trains between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
There was a plan called the Red Line – Governor Hogan killed it.
The world premiere of Double Indemnity (1944) was in Baltimore
I was reading about Double Indemnity today when I learned that the world premiere was at Keith’s Theatre in Baltimore (which has been demolished) on July 3, 1944. James M. Cain, author of the novel it was based on, was born in Annapolis, MD and had worked at the Baltimore Sun newspaper. Bill Haley and the Comets played at Keith’s on its last day in 1955.
Battle Cry (1955) also had its world premiere in Baltimore. It was at the since-demolished Stanley Theatre. Leon Uris, author of the novel, was born in Baltimore.
Modern directors from Baltimore John Waters and Barry Levinson have had world premieres of their films here. I saw Polyester (1981) at the Charles Theatre on the world premiere day. John Waters and Divine were there.
That’s a long stairway
A photo I took in Baltimore in the 1970s
Baltimore School 33 Art Center
School 33 Art Center is in an old building that was renovated. I included a picture I took in the 1970s when it was boarded up.
Sad! 