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Charles Village may be known best for the Victorian-style rowhomes lined up along its streets. Some of these are the oldest standing buildings in the city and are called Painted Ladies for their brightly colored facades. These historic houses manage to coexist peacefully with the new construction going on in the area: a blending that probably provides the best metaphor for the neighborhood. It has both old-school charm and modern appeal, and as such is easily one of the hippest spots in the city. Although the area has a lot to offer beyond Johns Hopkins University, it would be difficult not to notice the world famous college that sits at the dead center of the community. It would also be im...
Charles Village may be known best for the Victorian-style rowhomes lined up along its streets. Some of these are the oldest standing buildings in the city and are called Painted Ladies for their brightly colored facades. These historic houses manage to coexist peacefully with the new construction going on in the area: a blending that probably provides the best metaphor for the neighborhood. It has both old-school charm and modern appeal, and as such is easily one of the hippest spots in the city. Although the area has a lot to offer beyond Johns Hopkins University, it would be difficult not to notice the world famous college that sits at the dead center of the community. It would also be impossible to deny that the students of the college have had a great influence on the area, from the trendy coffee shops to the 24-hour Kinko's copy shop, and that the college itself provides residents plentiful cultural and entertainment options. One focal point of the community even draws its name from the college -- Hopkins Square, where you can go to shop, eat or just enjoy a cup of coffee while you watch passers-by. Charles Village is basically a hop-skip-and-jump from wherever you happen to be in or around the city. It's a short drive up Charles Street from the Inner Harbor, or a short drive down from Towson. It's just as convenient to get there by bus, which, by the way, is highly recommended, since most of the area parking is always full, expensive or both.
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BMA offers podcasts of self-guided tours of 14 city statues
Sun reporterMost residents drive through the same Baltimore streets each day, on the way to work or class. Usually it takes an ill-timed stoplight for them to pass a bored or tired glance over a nearby statue or monument, one of the many throughout the city. Vaguely,...Tags: Billie Holiday, Stonewall Jackson, Monuments and Heritage Sites, History, Baltimore Museum of Art
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The Eat in Season Challenge: Donna's
Dining@LargeDonna's in Charles Village is the fourth of eight restaurants to take the Eat in Season Challenge. Once a month one of them offers an all-local menu (some prix fixe, some not) for a week. So far, Watertable in the......Tags: Petroleum Industry
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It's a growing business
Sun reporterThe corn's been selling out before closing time. The heirloom tomatoes disappear, too. This summer, farmers' markets have emerged as consumer-driven havens for decidedly local foods sold in a setting of tell-all candor. In a summer vexed by food safety...Tags: Weather Reports, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Food Industry, Dupont E I Nemours & Company, Harbor East
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For sale: ice cream history
Sun reporterFor sale: the contents of a 1940s corner South Baltimore soda fountain shop, including marble counter, antique telephone, seating booths, Coca-Cola signs, art deco shelving and the recipe for lemon phosphate. Asking price: $75,000, with the buyer moving...Tags: Medicine, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Roland Park, Medical Staff
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More care, options
Sun reporterGertrude Noel was homeless and bipolar, suffering from a complex set of health problems that helped keep her on the street. Seventeen years ago, she came to a new Baltimore clinic, Health Care for the Homeless, where she got counseling, treatment for...Tags: Health Treatments, Corporate Officers, Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Epidemics and Plagues
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Site for new law school was once a center for the sale of automobiles
The parking lot at the northeast corner of Charles Street and Mount Royal Avenue is due to become the University of Baltimore's new law school building. Attorney and Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos has made a major gift to the school, and the Abell...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Armed Forces, Chevrolet, Vehicles, Edward Hopper
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Neurofibromatosis: Battle against nerves
Sun reporterAs a teenager, Jeannine Lancaster started to see spots like mosquito bites on her arms and back. She didn't think much of them then. A decade later, the bumps started to multiply on her face. The bumps are neurofibromas, or tumors, which have severely...Tags: Health Treatments, Learning Disability, National Government, Medical Research, Government
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Fugitive back in Boston
Sun ReportersThe man known to law enforcement officials as Clark Rockefeller left Baltimore yesterday morning and was extradited to Boston, where he is to face charges of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter and assaulting a social worker. Rockefeller was arraigned...Tags: Trials, Kidnapping, Clark Rockefeller, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mount Vernon
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Carroll Park 'night out'
Sun reporterThe police commissioner clenched his fists and boogied. The fire chief smiled broadly and stepped to the music. With about 60 people looking on, the city's top public safety officials joined in a quick line dance in Carroll Park, in a bid to connect...Tags: Dance, Sheila Dixon, Pigtown, Gang Activity, Murder
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Top Ten Places to Get a Great Sandwich
Dining@LargeFor everything you want to know about sandwiches in Baltimore and more, please read the comments under my previous post, Sandwich Musings. There are over 100 of them, packed with information and recommendations. The following is my list. Plenty of......Tags: Belvedere Square, Roland Park, Bolton Hill
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City mass transit needs an overhaul
The Sun's article "Neighborhood sees $1.3 billion lifeline" (June 27) makes the obvious argument that the construction of a Red Line through West Baltimore would help revitalize the suffering neighborhoods in the area. This is indeed a noble goal worth...Tags: Prices, Parkville, Public Transportation
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A couple of irresistible targets
Baltimore's retail renaissance and beleaguered mayor converged this week, two Targets, together, at Mondawmin Mall. If Sheila Dixon feels like she has a bull's-eye on her back, it didn't keep her from the opening of a store with the circle-dot logo....Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Lynn Anderson, Sheila Dixon, Local Elections, Giorgio Armani
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