By Tyler Wilson
Just outside the limits of Baltimore City, on a piece of land jutting out into the Patapsco River, Maryland鈥檚 first steel plants were built. In 1887, the Maryland Steel Company purchased an area of鈥�

By Aim茅e Pohl
Tiny Bedford Square in Guilford, at the intersection of St. Paul and North Charles streets, hosts a life size bronze bust of Sim贸n Bolivar. Also referred to as the 鈥淕eorge Washington of South鈥�

By Julian Frost
Two Art Deco columns, flanking the entrance of the 25th Street Safeway parking lot, serve as the only concrete evidence of the central decision-making site during Baltimore鈥檚 era of school鈥�

By Aim茅e Pohl
In 1939 sociologist, activist, author, and cofounder of the NAACP, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois, had a house built at 2302 Montebello Terrace in the neighborhood of Morgan Park. Barred鈥�

By Julian Frost
As you drive up Charles Street through Old Goucher, you might notice some odd details on the facade of the neighborhood Safeway. A carved sentinel eagle keeps watch, and the word 鈥淐ADILLAC鈥� is etched鈥�

By Sydney Kempf
Walking along Boston Street, people will run into a small store called 鈥淐anton Market.鈥� Acting as both a convenient store and sandwich shop, Canton Market serves up a variety of sandwiches such as鈥�

By David Stysley
For 50 years, the Hampden and Ideal Theaters operated within a few doors of each other in the 900 block of 36th Street in Hampden. Julius Goodman, who ran the Ideal for many years, described the鈥�

By David Stysley
In the Progressive Age (1890-1920), movie theaters were a new and popular form of entertainment. They were being built all over Baltimore, and Hampden was no different. In 1908, Marion Pearce and鈥�