Let’s face it, Baltimore City and the state of Maryland seem to have an incredibly difficult time (well, all of America really) holding onto businesses/companies that make actual things. Manufacturing. From widgets and doohickeys all the way up to coffee and cars, Maryland did at one point have a rich tapestry of manufacturing jobs that […]
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Can something OTHER than a hotel be done with the Broadway Rec Pier please?
Since Fells Point – and really it would seem every square inch of waterfront property in Baltimore City – is undergoing yet another phase of redevelopment what with Harbor East, Harbor Point, Harbor Harbor, Inner Harbor 2 and Under Harbor all hottening up the scene, we come to the tried and true tradition of […]
This whole Broadway Market reconstruction stuff can’t finish soon enough
If you’ve been down and around the Broadway Market area in say, the past oh TWO YEARS you’ll notice that a lot of work has been in the, uh, works to rebuild/revamp both lengths of the market itself (the southern stretch of which was completed last September) as well as the immediate surroundings insofaras the […]
5 bars in Fells Point that they don’t know about (And let’s keep it that way)
Whether you’re new to Baltimore or a seasoned veteran, we can all agree that it’s nice to discover (or rediscover) a new place away from the hustle and bustle of often times touristy Fells Point. Here we find 5 picks (and certainly not an exhaustive list, there are many) from SpaceManAndy and EvanTheMayor detailing some […]
Fells Point Post Week #2: The Antique Man Cometh
Please to be enjoying this second post in our arbitrary week of posts about Fells Point! If you’ve ever walked along Fleet Street during the daylight hours, chances are pretty high that you’ve walked past The Antique Man (1806-12 Fleet St., Fells Point), but were possibly too busy, creeped out by the circusy appearance, or […]
O’s vs. Nats: a forced rivalry?
There’s a lot to be said in this world about the whole “Baltimore versus DC” thing when it comes to most things in life: Cost of living (Baltimore is better), public transportation (DC is better), bars full of smug, douchey entitled assholes paying far too much for Rum and Diets (DC), crackheads (DC, their *mayor* […]