“Young boy in Baltimore slum area” smoking a cigarette, July, 1938

Posted on February 28, 2013 by atomictv

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Via Shorpy.com. Found on Baltimore Reddit.

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Omar Little “King of Baltimore” print by Tim Doyle

Posted on February 26, 2013 by atomictv

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“The King of Baltimore” Omar Little print by Tim Doyle. Part of the MORE THAN YOU IMAGINED TV Art show at the Bottleneck gallery, Brooklyn.

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Mid-Coital Garage-Roof Couplers Menaced by Jerking Man with Butterfly Knife

Posted on February 26, 2013 by atomictv

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Man Caught Masturbating to Pair Engaged in Sex, Pulls Knife
The man chased the pair while brandishing the knife early Sunday morning at a Towson garage.

By Nayana Davis (Towson Patch, 2/26/2013)

A couple, who were mid-coitus in a parking garage, were alarmed to find an armed man masturbating while watching them.

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The victims were on the roof at a parking garage near Pennsylvania Avenue and York Road at 1:30 a.m. Feb. 24 when they saw the man, according to a crime alert issued to the Towson University community. The man then chased the pair downstairs while brandishing a butterfly knife and yelling at them.

Continue reading “Man Caught Masturbating to Pair Engaged in Sex, Pulls Knife” at Towson Patch.

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Explosions are Cool – BGE Demolishes Giant Gas Tank

Posted on February 25, 2013 by atomictv

(WMAR News, 02/24/2013)

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BALTIMORE – Residents of North Baltimore awoke to the boom of a large explosion Sunday morning.

It was the sound of an unused natural gas tank imploding. BGE demolished the Melvale Gas Holder located near W. Coldspring Lane and the Jones Falls Expressway just before 7:30 Sunday morning. The sound resonated across Baltimore with reports of it being heard as far away as Parkville and White Marsh.

The natural gas tank has not been used since 1997. When it was operational the tank supplied natural gas to pipelines when demand was high and stored it when it was lower. Upgrades to the regional natural gas system made the facility obsolete.

Read more at ABC 2 News.

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