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The Block Survives Despite Fires and Police Raids

Posted on December 12, 2010 by atomictv

City’s historic adult entertainment strip continues to prevail by Peter Hermann (The Baltimore Sun, 12/11/2010) The city’s adult strip known as The Block, as seedy as it is historic, is, if nothing else a survivor. Civic leaders long ago erased … Continue reading →

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Burlesque and the Girl on the Sign at the Gayety Theater

Posted on December 7, 2010 by atomictv

I Remember… Burlesque and the Girl on the Sign at the Gayety Theater By John H. Nickel, The Sun Magazine, 5/31/1970 I don’t have much heart to go down to The Block anymore. The flavor of it has been gone … Continue reading →

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Both Sides of “The Block”

Posted on December 5, 2010 by atomictv

Scott Hedeen’s award-winning two-part series on Baltimore’s Block aired on WBFF Fox 45 in 1997. Scott won an Emmy and 4 National Press Photographers Association awards (including best “in-depth” series) for his work.

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Sexy Strippers Drive Men to Stab Cop in Neck

Posted on November 21, 2009 by atomictv

Stabbed Off-Duty Officer Shoots Suspect At Club WJZ, 11/5/2009 Baltimore County Police have released new information about the stabbing of an off-duty Baltimore City officer. Initially it had been believed that only one man attacked Officer Eric Jansen, 42, but … Continue reading →

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