Retro Baltimore
Retro: College students explore Cherry Heights, Baltimore County enclave once reserved for Black residents
"A New Suburb for Colored People" proclaimed a newspaper ad for Cherry Heights, one of...
Part of Assateague Island was poised to be ‘Ocean City South’ when Ash Wednesday Storm hit
Much of the Maryland part of Assateague could have been a resort community called Ocean...
Retro Baltimore: When Yankees manager Billy Martin brawled at the Cross Keys Inn
The fight that made sports history began in the early hours of a September Sunday...
A difficult choice for Baltimore: Which Catholic churches will close?
As Baltimore lost nearly 350,000 people in the last 50 years, Catholic church numbers have...
Remembering Morgan State students’ long fight to integrate Northwood Theatre, won this week in 1963
The Civic Interest Group's eight-year campaign to open the Northwood Theatre to Black patrons was...
Retro Baltimore: 70 years ago, Orioles stirred up desert stardust at their first spring training
In their first spring training 70 years ago, the Orioles teased fans with a hot...
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Historic Route 40 in Maryland was the setting for some civil rights struggles of the early 1960s
Once the main artery of commerce, the segment of Route 40 that passes through Maryland,...
70 greatest Orioles vote: Who were the best Orioles from 1994 to 2003?
Vote for your favorite Orioles from 1994 to 2003 to help the Babe Ruth Birthplace...
Retro Baltimore: Legendary broadcaster Charles Osgood spent World War II years in Baltimore
The avuncular, bow-tie wearing Charles Osgood, whose dulcet voice, friendly personality and quirky poetry made...
Retro Baltimore: When the Blizzard of 1888 roared into Maryland
Old Man Winter finally broke the streak of 700 plus days last week without an appreciable...