Category Archives: Essex / Middle River

Stein’s Hotel, Essex/Middle River, MD Postcard

Posted on April 11, 2013 by atomictv

Stein’s Hotel. Later to become the Sea Gull Inn, then the River Watch Restaurant.

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…Essex looks drained of life, with weedy sidewalk and vacant shops (1973)

Posted on March 28, 2013 by atomictv

(The Baltimore Sun, 7/31/1973) Source: r.ebay.com viaBaltimore on Pinterest   “Eastern Ave. in Essex looks drained of life, with weedy sidewalk and vacant shops.”

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H.L Mencken on Essex, Maryland

Posted on March 22, 2013 by atomictv

Hollywood Park was located in Essex, Maryland near the Back River Bridge.

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Amazing Sim rendering of Baltimore’s Back River Poop Plant

Posted on February 28, 2013 by atomictv

Simtropolis user Fribe created these fantastic 3-D simulations of Dundalk’s shit plant for Sim City 4. (Not Baltimore-related but he also did a fabulous 3-D rendering of Hank’s Look-Around Cafe.)

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