Category Archives: Inner City

Lost City: The Regent Theater

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Scott Huffines

(Maryland Historical Society, 3/21/2013) The theaters, night clubs, and restaurants that once made Pennsylvania Avenue Baltimore’s center for African-American entertainment are today a receding memory. In the segregated Baltimore of the early to mid twentieth century, the Avenue was where … Continue reading →

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Five Years after The Wire… Baltimore is still Poverty-Plagued City

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Scott Huffines

Five years after The Wire left screens, the TV set remains… how the real Baltimore is still poverty-plagued city of series By Katie Davies (The Daily Mail, 4/10/2013) They are images which wouldn’t be out of place in the opening … Continue reading →

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Rainy Night on Baltimore Street, “The Block,” 1961

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Scott Huffines
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Baltimore’s Block, 1957: Cop on the Beat

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Scott Huffines

(Md. Historical Society Photographs, 10/3/2012) Cop on the beat East Baltimore Street, Baltimore September 16, 1957 Robert Kniesche (1906-1976) 4 x 5 inch negative Kniesche Collection, ca. 1920-1970 Maryland Historical Society PP79.564

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Edgar Allan Poe Bus Tour with David Keltz

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Tom Warner

Annabel Lee Tavern Saturday, October 6, 2012 www.davidkeltz.com You’re either on the bus or off the bus. And, if you’re an Edgar Allan Poe fan, you had to be on the bus that left the Annabel Lee Tavern at 2 … Continue reading →

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