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The Inner Harbor along the Light Street quay on the soft spring evening of April 12, 1976, was alive with crowds and music. More than 500 of Baltimore’s…
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On the evening of July 12, 1929, a small crowd was gathered at the entrance of the Richmond Market. They stood staring at unexpected “Closed” signs on the…
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A story about how Rivers Chambers and his band changed a country western lament to keep the party going.
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Gil tells us about what led up to the 'opening' of the Orleans Street Viaduct in 1935.
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On the summer night of July 11, 1962 at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, those in the hall and millions watching television saw and heard…
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Gil tells us how our beloved crab could've been second fiddle to another civic symbol: the banana.
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Gil remembers a complete surrender of the Orioles management to the neighborhood boys of Baltimore.In the 1930s, so many kids were "hooking in" to the old…
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Baltimore, 1940: In the gym of the Jewel Box Girly Club on 'The Block,' a 'trainer' worked at his dream: teaching contenders how to box and making…
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Gil remembers the conflicts that laid the foundation for the Civic Center.
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