Retro Baltimore: Echoes of the Key Bridge collapse in the 1883 Tivoli disaster on the Patapsco River
On the night of July 23,1883, 63 people — 34 women, 23 children and six men...
Retro Baltimore
Retro HoCo: Elton John’s 1971 concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion caused a ruckus
On June 16, 1971, nearly 300 people tried to crash John's concert, which drew 12,000...
Retro Baltimore: How Orioles’ arrival helped integrate Baltimore hotels in 1950s
The arrival of the 1954 Orioles helped hasten the demise of segregation that marked Baltimore's...
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...
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,...