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Corner bars like this one were vital community gathering spaces in Baltimore. Some still are!
Baltimore Heritage
Corner bars like this one were vital community gathering spaces in Baltimore. Some still are!

Baltimore’s Corner Bars are historic neighborhood institutions and you can find them all over the city! These saloons serve as more than just watering holes, but also as vital community spaces.

Johns Hopkins has been the director of Baltimore Heritage since 2003, working to preserve historic places and revitalize historic neighborhood in Baltimore.
Lisa Morgan covered the local arts community as co-creator and host of WYPR’s award-winning program The Signal from 2004 to 2015. She has created and produced many programs for WYPR, including news stories, features, commentaries, and audio documentaries. She taught audio production at Goucher College and has done voice-over work for a variety of clients. The Weekly Reader is her latest project.