Synopses & Reviews
A celebration of the cherished parts of Baltimore that are no longer Baltimore today is visited by millions of tourists who come to see the world-famous Inner Harbor, sample mouth-watering blue crabs, take in an Orioles game at legendary Camden Yards, or explore the many cultural and higher education institutions. Locals, meanwhile, enjoy living in a city that is large enough to provide great restaurants and plenty of special events, while it retains its small-town attitude that has earned it its “Charm City” nickname. However, many locals and tourists may not know that Baltimore was once a bustling port city where manufacturing, shipping, and shipbuilding dominated the industrial center of downtown Baltimore. Lost Baltimore features rarely published images of homes, buildings, industrial ports, and other commercial entities that have been razed, damaged, and significantly altered over the years, including the large estates of north Baltimore, Merchants Exchange, Union Station, Electric Park, Rennert Hotel, Light Street Wharves, downtown theaters, Memorial Stadium, Hutzlers Department Store, and Bethlehem Steel. Also included are the devastating Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 and the iconic buildings that perished, such as the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad headquarters, the Sun Iron Building, and the News American Building. Lost Baltimore also covers important historical events that have shaped the physical landscape and societal fabric of Baltimore—the heartbreaking move by the Baltimore Colts in 1984, Baltimores early dominance as the headquarters of national political conventions, Prohibitions effect on the German breweries, the citys changing industrial and commercial makeup, as well as some of the most recent hotly contested historical preservation battles. Open these pages and take a step back in time to reveal the Baltimore that once was.
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"A splendid work. . . a visual treat and historical journey." —Baltimore Sun
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"Offer[s] a clear, concise vision of the storied city's past" and that "images of buildings that no longer exist illuminate a side of Baltimore no contemporary visitor to the city could see, as does the the lore recounted by the authors." —Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Lost Baltimore is the latest in the series from Anova Books that traces the cherished places in a city that time, progress and fashion have swept aside before the National Register of Historic Places could save them from the wrecker's ball.
Organised chronologically starting with the earliest losses and ending with the latest, the book features much-loved Philadelphia insitutions that failed to stand the test of time, such as the Sun Iron Building, Electric Amusement Park and the Rennert Hotel.
Grand buildings erected in the Victorian era that were too costly to be refurbished, or movie theaters that the age of television made redundant are featured. Alongside the city's iconic and much-missed buildings, Lost Baltimore also looks at some traditions that have passed (marble doorsteps, painted window screens) and sporting legends that have relocated (Baltimore Colts, Baltimore Bullets).
Lost Baltimore is a nostalgic journey back in time to visit some of the lost treasures that the city let slip through its grasp.
Synopsis
A celebration of the cherished parts of Baltimore that are no longer Organized chronologically starting with the earliest losses and ending with the latest, this book features much-loved Baltimore institutions that failed to stand the test of time, such as the Sun Iron Building, Electric Amusement Park, and the Rennert Hotel. Alongside the city's iconic and much-missed buildings, it also looks at some traditions that have passed, such as marble doorsteps and painted window screens, and sporting legends that have relocated, such as the Baltimore Colts and Baltimore Bullets. Other sites include Carroll Hall, Baltimore & Ohio Building, News American Building, Montebello, Riverview Amusement Park, Tollgates, Latrobe Block, Bromo Seltzer Factory, Calvert Street Station, Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Fells Point historic homes, Downtown theaters, Centennial Fountain, Camp Holabird, St. Mary's Seminary, and Hutzlers.
About the Author
Gregory J. Alexander is the proprietor of Pen and Ink, LLC, a freelance writing and editing company based in Baltimore. After earning a bachelors degree in newspaper journalism from the University of Georgia in 1993, Alexander has worked at three daily newspapers, including, most recently, the Baltimore Sun as special sections manager. Since launching Pen and Ink, he has written for a variety of local and national newspapers and magazines. Alexander is also executive editor at Stone House Publications, overseeing two magazines—Mason-Dixon Arrive, a monthly lifestyle magazine, and I95 Business, a business magazine covering the northeast Maryland corridor. He is the co-author of three books: Images of America: Woodley Park, Images of America: Capitol Hill and A Brief History of Charles Village. Paul Kelsey Williams has an educational background in historic preservation and architecture from both Roger Williams and Cornell Universities. Since 1995, he has been the proprietor of Kelsey & Associates, “The House History People,” focusing on individual house and building research in Washington, D.C. and beyond. He is the author of 12 books on Washington, D.C. neighborhoods, institutions, and themes, the Charles Village neighborhood in Baltimore, and books on his childhood residences of Skaneateles and Owasco Lakes in upstate New York. Williams maintains a daily blog on Washington, D.C. history at The House History Man, and is completing a book on how to research your own house history. He is also the author of Lost Washington, D.C.