How The Park School made Baltimore history, 100 years ago this month.
It’s Friday morning rush hour at The Park School of Baltimore, as sunlight—and students—stream into the lower-school lobby. With the school day about to begin, the mood is something akin to “rope...
<p>First, Consider that a full-fledged war has only touched Baltimore once in its 300-year history. Then, consider how little Baltimoreans know about it. We're here to fix that, so read on.</p>
It was a motley crew, hon, that bested Britain’s finest 200 years ago.
The Charm City of 1812 was a far cry from the Baltimore of today—in fact, it was not a city at all. Picture the 250-year-old...
Local candy companies pull back the curtain and reveal how they're the real Willy Wonkas of Baltimore.
Around the Christmas and Valentine’s Day holidays, a curious thing happens outside a Wilkens Avenue row house near Saint Agnes Hospital. Before sunrise, people brave the frigid temperatures and line...
With Halloween on the horizon, a guide to some of our city’s scariest sites.
Baltimore can be a pretty creepy town.
Neighborhoods like Fells Point and Mt. Vernon have hundreds of years of colorful history ripe for ghosts and other apparitions. Edgar Allan Poe gathered...
Robert McClintock puts his art out there any way he can
When Robert McClintock first pursued art, he was realistic. "I was a good photographer, but not the greatest."
Then one day, he was playing around in Photoshop and started to digitally paint on top...
The Grand Prix comes roaring into the Inner Harbor next month. But when the exhaust clears, will the headaches have been worth it?
Seconds before the green flag drops on the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix, one of the most famous female athletes on earth will steer her bright-lime-and-black race car onto Pratt Street, then hit...
Developers are reimagining the tourist mecca as a hub for downtown families.
From the 17th-floor offices of the Greater Baltimore Committee on South Calvert Street, one can see much of the Inner Harbor, from the pavilions, past the Maryland Science Center, around to the Rusty...
125 years after the Enoch Pratt Free Library opened, the egalitarian mission of its founder remains.
In 1831, 22-year-old Enoch Pratt, a former Boston hardware store clerk, moved to Baltimore, launching a wholesale hardware business at 29 S. Charles Street. Proving a successful merchant, he expanded...
At Fort McHenry, Gay Vietzke finally got the job done—and not a moment too soon.
On a frigid morning in the last days of 2010, Gay Vietzke and a small clutch of staffers stood shivering on a small balcony of Fort McHenry's just-constructed visitor center, watching with quiet...
As new owners run the show, the Senator gets a facelift.
When Baltimore’s celebrated Senator Theatre closed its doors, the city went into collective mourning. The Art Deco theater had been a beloved fixture of the city since it opened in 1939, representing...
