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Then and now photos: Winans Mansion

The Winans mansion, designed by architect Stanford White in 1882, has been used as a school for girls, a funeral home and doctors' offices.

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Retro Baltimore Trivia: What Baltimore-born singer-songwriter replaced Smokey Robinson as lead singer of The Miracles in 1972?

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By Lori Sears

Oct 10, 2019

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Retro Baltimore Trivia: What Baltimore venue holds the largest collection of Henri Matisse paintings on the globe?

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By Lori Sears

Oct 9, 2019

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How Baltimore’s first female reporter used maps and data to save Edgar Allan Poe’s Amity Street home

The recent controversy over the planned demolition of jazz legend Cab Calloway’s childhood home in Druid Heights brings to mind the story of how the home of Edgar Allan Poe was saved from a similar fate.

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As the Maryland Penitentiary faces demolition, a look back at a famous escape

The honor of being the only resident of the Maryland Penitentiary, some of which is slated for possible demolition, to ever dig his way to freedom goes to “Tunnel Joe” Holmes.

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Then and now photos: Baltimore Federal Savings and Loan

The colonial style Baltimore Federal Savings and Loan building at 19 E Fayette Street was built in 1946.
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Retro Baltimore Trivia: What songwriter, an Owings Mills High School graduate in the late 1980s, co-wrote a No. 1 Billboard hit?

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It sees ‘a lot of poop’ but the Eastern Avenue Pumping Station was a monument to innovation

During the annual Doors Open Baltimore event this October, Baltimore residents will be able to go inside the Eastern Avenue sewage pumping station for the first time in nearly 10 years.

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Then and now photos: Towson Town Center

Over the years Towson Plaza was enclosed and expanded, incorporating much of the original shopping center into what in now the four-story Towson Town Center.

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Retro Baltimore Trivia: In 1982, when the Eastern Division title came down to a final baseball game between the Orioles and the Brewers, who were the starting pitchers?

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By Lori Sears

Sep 20, 2019
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Storied Baltimore County restaurant Peerce’s Plantation reopened by brothers behind Ananda and Ambassador Dining Room

Peerce’s Plantation, a Baltimore County tradition going back more than 80 years, is reopening as an Indian restaurant operated by the same two brothers who run Baltimore’s Ambassador Dining Room and Ananda in Columbia.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Sep 19, 2019
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Then and now photos: Howard Street

Once the center of upscale department store shopping in Baltimore, Howard Street stores have been largely abandoned or repurposed over the last fifty years.
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Retro Baltimore Trivia: What Maryland congressman, in 1918, introduced the first legislation that would have made “The Star-Spangled Banner” the national anthem?

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Sep 13, 2019
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Fifty years ago, Orioles’ bittersweet finish

Fifty years ago, the Orioles locked up a postseason berth for the first time since 1966. They were soon headed to the World Series, but it would end in disappointment.

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Sep 13, 2019
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Retro Baltimore Trivia: What Baltimore sign company installed the landmark Domino Sugars neon sign above the harbor?

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Sep 6, 2019

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Baltimore police ask public for help in identifying person allegedly linked to fatal shooting last week

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SunShots photo contest: Share your best cellphone photos

SunShots is your monthly chance to flex your photography muscle and learn from fellow enthusiasts. This month’s theme is “cellphone photos” inspired by Photographer of the Month Kayla James of Mount Vernon.

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Three new restaurants announced for Columbia Merriweather District

Three restaurants, specializing in wood-fired pizza and Indian and Thai cuisines, will be coming to the future Columbia Merriweather District.

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Kid entrepreneurs pitch handmade products, homegrown business ideas at Baltimore fair

Child entrepreneurs pitch their original products, services and marketing plans to grown-up customers at busy Baltimore fair.

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Baltimore City Councilman Ryan Dorsey marries artist Erin Fostel in front yard ceremony, according to Twitter

Ryan Dorsey, Baltimore’s pro-biking city councilman, married artist Erin Fostel at a casual ceremony in their front yard Saturday.

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