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The Emerson Bromo Seltzer Tower is a landmark that helps define Baltimore's skyline. At the time of its construction in 1911 at Eutaw and Lombard streets it was the tallest building downtown. The clock tower's designer, Joseph Evans Sperry, modeled it after the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was later built by Captain Isaac Emerson, inventor of the Bromo Seltzer headache remedy. In addition to its size, the structure has several other distinctive features. A 51-foot rotating illuminated blue replica of a Bromo-Seltzer bottle once topped the structure; the ornament was removed in 1936. The tower's clocks, which appear on all four sides, are still operational. Rather than displaying th...
The Emerson Bromo Seltzer Tower is a landmark that helps define Baltimore's skyline. At the time of its construction in 1911 at Eutaw and Lombard streets it was the tallest building downtown. The clock tower's designer, Joseph Evans Sperry, modeled it after the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was later built by Captain Isaac Emerson, inventor of the Bromo Seltzer headache remedy. In addition to its size, the structure has several other distinctive features. A 51-foot rotating illuminated blue replica of a Bromo-Seltzer bottle once topped the structure; the ornament was removed in 1936. The tower's clocks, which appear on all four sides, are still operational. Rather than displaying the numbers, the words BROMO SELTZER circle the clock's face. The City of Baltimore owns the building and is renovating parts of it into work space for local artists. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Gertrude Dorsey, accountant
Gertrude K. Dorsey, who was among the first women in the state to become a certified public accountant, died of congestive heart failure Tuesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 93 and a Towson resident.
Born Gertrude Hubert Kitchen in Atlanta, she was...Tags: Catonsville, Halethorpe, Rentals, Washington, DC, Roman Catholicism
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In the end, preservationists are always right
Today, The Sun can refer with pride to "Baltimore's venerable landmark Bromo Seltzer Tower," but it wasn't always so. As recently as 1971, the city of Baltimore saw the tower as an eyesore destined for demolition. Why does the tower still stand? For that...Tags: Maryland Historical Trust, William Donald Schaefer
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Art installation aims to add to the Bromo Seltzer Tower's gravitational pull
Starting at sunset Saturday, artist Kelley Bell will place Baltimore's venerable landmark Bromo Seltzer Tower at the exact center of the solar system.
For at least the next five weeks, pedestrians and motorists will view the four faces of the clock tower...Tags: Halloween, Arts, Colleges and Universities, Music, Patterson Park
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Best week ever: local events, music, movies and more
MOVIES OPENING (Friday; unless otherwise noted)
The Change-Up
Jaws (revival at the Charles; Saturday and Aug. 8 and 11)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Tabloid
NOTABLE TV
The Bachelorette (season finale; 8 p.m. Monday; ABC)
Secret Mountain of Fort...Tags: Steely Dan (music group), Tracy Morgan, Lifetime (tv network), Timonium, Black Entertainment Television (tv network)
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Santo A. 'Sonny' Miceli Sr., firefighter
Santo A. "Sonny" Miceli Sr., a 38-year veteran of the Baltimore Fire Department, died June 18 of lung cancer at his Pasadena home. He was 71
Born and raised in South Baltimore, Mr. Miceli was a graduate of Southern High School.
Mr. Miceli, who was...Tags: Catonsville, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Glen Burnie, Fires
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Baltimore Hilton is off to a promising start
The city-owned Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel is far from a thrilling piece of architecture. Its massive bulk blocks the view of the eye-pleasing Bromo Seltzer Tower for fans sitting in Camden Yards. But as a convention hotel designed to boost...Tags: Inner Harbor, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Maryland, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Finance
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Santo A. 'Sonny' Miceli Sr.
Baltimore Sun reporterSanto A. "Sonny" Miceli Sr., a 38-year veteran of the Baltimore Fire Department, died June 18 of lung cancer at his Pasadena home. He was 71 Born and raised in South Baltimore, Mr. Miceli was a graduate of Southern High School. Mr. Miceli, who was...Tags: Catonsville, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Glen Burnie, Fires
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Author Karen Rose debuts new romantic suspense series set in Baltimore
When Karen Rose enrolled at the University of Maryland, the one thing she knew was that she "didn't want to dissect."
It's a funny confession for an author who has written a 494-page novel about a killer who tortures victims with a filleting knife.
Rose...Tags: National Security, Colleges and Universities, Murder, Agatha Christie, Romance (genre)
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The Seven Wonders of Maryland
Sun reporterThere are wonderful things to see and learn about everywhere you turn in Maryland. From Antietam National Battlefield to the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse. From the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to the Appalachian Trail.Even the Patterson Park Pagoda is...Tags: Bethlehem Steel, Rivers, Mormon, Deep Creek, Kensington
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Waiting game is only one O's play
Sun StaffThe Orioles yesterday continued their open-ended series against the surreal. While players gathered inside Camden Yards for an impromptu workout, Baltimore City Fire Department officials instructed the team to postpone last night's game against the...Tags: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Bars and Clubs, Cal Ripken, Fires, Baseball
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A dramatic rebirth
Sun Architecture CriticThe show begins long before the curtain rises. That's all one needs to know to appreciate the dramatic transformation of Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre, which reopens Tuesday after a $62 million restoration and modernization. The architects and artisans...Tags: Tony Awards, Theater, Hippodrome Theatre, National Aquarium Baltimore, Bob Hope
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