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Highlandtown, arguably the very quintessence of Baltimore, was once a small town outside the city limits. The look and feel of the area still reflects these beginnings. Much like the surrounding areas of Canton and Fells Point, Highlandtown feels like a small town trapped in a big city. The brick rowhouses with their marble stoops are typical of the architecture seen in Baltimore City. The corner bars, no matter how much they look like dives, are always populated by locals. Although Highlandtown had been seen as "going downhill," the area is now resurgent -- many young couples are buying and fixing up homes, and many businesses (both small and big) are moving in along the main drag on Easter...
Highlandtown, arguably the very quintessence of Baltimore, was once a small town outside the city limits. The look and feel of the area still reflects these beginnings. Much like the surrounding areas of Canton and Fells Point, Highlandtown feels like a small town trapped in a big city. The brick rowhouses with their marble stoops are typical of the architecture seen in Baltimore City. The corner bars, no matter how much they look like dives, are always populated by locals. Although Highlandtown had been seen as "going downhill," the area is now resurgent -- many young couples are buying and fixing up homes, and many businesses (both small and big) are moving in along the main drag on Eastern Avenue.
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Annette C. Goodell, businesswoman
Annette C. Goodell, a certified tax consultant who was vice president of Broad Spectrum Optics LLC, died Feb. 2 of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime Original Northwood resident was 73. The daughter of educators, the former...Tags: Applied Physics, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Westport, World War II (1939-1945), Science
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From Sun Magazine: The Baltimore Love Project had a hitch
Michael Owen has spent a lot of time around love — even as he began to lose his faith in it.
As the artist behind the Baltimore Love Project, Owen has painted the image of hands forming the word "love" on 11 walls scattered throughout the city....Tags: Arts, Arts
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Top singles February: Meet Emily and Justin
Emily Kleeman
28, Cancer
Lives: Downtown
HOMETOWN: Timonium
Education: Undergrad: Colorado State. Grad school: University of Maryland School of Social Work.
OCCUPATION: Social worker
INTERESTS: Dancing, skiing, swimming and traveling
TURN-ONS:...Tags: Labor Legislation, Star Wars (movie), Cancer, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Thriller (genre)
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Marilyn L. Dannenfelser, assistant to Towson U. president
Marilyn L. Dannenfelser, who during her more than four-decade career served as an aide to six presidents of Towson University, died Saturday of breast cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
The Riderwood resident was 63.
"Marilyn was the heart...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Breast Cancer, Colleges and Universities, Tennessee State University, Cancer
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LGBT film festival set for June
Baltimore QFest, one of two LGBT film festival set for 2012, will unspool June 21-24 at various locations throughout the city.
Organizers plan to show some 60 feature films, documentaries and shorts during the four-day festival. Where the films will be...Tags: John Waters, Gays and Lesbians, Charles Theatre, Movies, Festive Events
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Like/dislike: KJ Mohr, director of film at Creative Alliance
KJ Mohr has programmed film festivals around the country for years. But it at started, she said, "for very selfish reasons."
"I devoured all the foreign videos from my public library, but I knew there was a lot of independently produced film out there...Tags: Parks and Recreation (tv program), Wye Oak (music group), Movies, Cheng Yu-tung, Apple iPod
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Immigration: good; illegal immigration: bad
In the minds of some people today, immigration is a bad word ("Immigrants key to reaching mayor's population goal," Jan. 7). Overlooked is the fact that a half century ago, residents of Canton, Highlandtown, Locust Point and Curtis Bay were either...Tags: Migration, Immigration, Locust Point, Ellis Island
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Immigrants key to reaching mayor's population goal
What comes to mind when Mexican immigrant Elsa Garcia thinks of Baltimore's drawbacks?
"Basura. O las drogas," said the East Baltimore resident. "Trash. Or drugs."
Then, quickly, comes her list of Baltimore's pluses: Her husband has been able to find...Tags: Defense, Demographics, United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Government
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William Magruder Waters, engineer
William Magruder Waters, a retired Johns Hopkins and Navy electrical engineer and inventor who built his own car and held patents related to radar imaging, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 17 at Renaissance Gardens at Oak Crest Village. He was 86....Tags: Cardiologists, Electronics, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Music, Radio
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Brewery planned near 32nd Street Farmers Market
North Baltimore's first brewery is planned in the Abell/Waverly/Chares Village area and community leaders are making sure no beer will be sold on the premises.
"I would hope that we would be brewing within six months," said J. Hollis Albert III, who...Tags: Beverage Industry, Mount Vernon, Petroleum Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Pratt Street
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Holiday comedy events make for Christmas chuckles
Christmas is a sacred day to many, a time to celebrate with friends and family. You'd think comedians would make fun of it at their own peril.
But no less an authority than John Waters, an unabashed Christmas fan who will be bringing his "A John Waters...Tags: John Waters, Fells Point, Judaism, Timonium, Mount Royal
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