Category Archives: Inner Harbor

Dylan’s Baltimore Song Still Raising Cane 50 Years Later

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Tom Warner

by Tom Warner (Baltimore Or Less) (October 23, 2013) – The northwest corner of Baltimore and Calvert streets, where the main office of the SunTrust Bank now stands, was the setting for one of Bob Dylan‘s best songs and one … Continue reading →

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Play Ball with the Orioles

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Scott Huffines

Play Ball with the Orioles [preview clip] Described as the “parade of the century”, on April 15, 1954, civic organizations, manufacturers, merchants, and breweries form Baltimore designed elaborate floats and marched from Johns Hopkins, south down Charles Street, west on … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Crowd watching Harry Houdini, 1916

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Scott Huffines

(Md. Historical Society Photographs, 8/2/2012) Crowd watching Harry Houdini Charles Street, Baltimore April 26, 1916 Unidentified photographer 8 x 10 inch glass negative Baltimore City Life Museum Collection Maryland Historical Society 1985.26.21 Over 500,000 people gathered in front of the … Continue reading →

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