Featured photos from the West Baltimore Squares Photowalk
The Baltimore Sun teamed up with Baltimore Heritage for a photowalk on May 27th during the Sowebohemian Arts and Music Festival in West Baltimore. Nearly 35 photographers turned out for the afternoon tour that showcased the neighborhood’s unique parks and landmarks. Here’s a collection of photos from the photowalk that include snapshots of Hollins Market, Union Square, H.L. Mencken’s House, Franklin Square and Baltimore Street.
- A photographer takes a photo at Union Square in West Baltimore. (Stokely Baksh/Baltimore Sun)
- Rotunda in Union Square in West Baltimore. (Olivia Hubert-Allen/Baltimore Sun)
- Flowers in Union Square. (Olivia Hubert-Allen/Baltimore Sun)
- View of Union Square, across the street is the H.L. Mencken house. (Steve Earley/Baltimore Sun)
- Scene in West Baltimore. (Will Cocks/Will Cocks Photography)
- Scene from the Baltimore Heritage/Baltimore Sun photowalk and tour. (Sue Izard/Sue Izard Photography)
- Photographers enter a row house that belonged to famed Sun journalist H.L. Mencken. (Olivia Hubert-Allen/Baltimore Sun)
- Inside the home of H.L. Mencken. (Sue Izard/Sue Izard Photography)
- Inside the H.L. Mencken house in West Baltimore. (Will Cocks Photography)
- View inside H.L. Mencken’s garden. (Sue Izard/Sue Izard Photography)
- A photo of the Mencken Brothers is displayed in the backyard of the H.L. Mencken house. (Steve Earley/Baltimore Sun)
- A window latch inside the home of H.L. Mencken. (Olivia Hubert-Allen/Baltimore Sun)
- A tile in the backyard of H.L. Mencken’s house. (Stokely Baksh)
- A wooden atrium in H.L. Mencken’s back yard is canopied by trees. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)
- Scene from the Baltimore Heritage/Baltimore Sun photowalk and tour. (Sue Izard/Sue Izard Photography)
- Businesses along Baltimore Street in West Baltimore. (Sue Izard/Sue Izard Photography)
- A man stands in front a business with the sign “1 Hr Dry Cleaners” on Baltimore Street. (Will Cocks/Will Cocks Photography)
- Street art along Baltimore Street by artist Nether. (Steve Earley/Baltimore Sun)
- A sign on a door of a rowhouse on Baltimore Street. (Stokely Baksh/Baltimore Sun)
- Scene from the Baltimore Heritage/Baltimore Sun photowalk and tour. (Will Cocks/Will Cocks Photography)
- Old fountain in in Franklin Square. This used to be a marble fountain. (Steve Earley/Baltimore Sun)
- A photographer prepares to take a photo in the reflection of sunglasses in Franklin Square. (Stokely Baksh/Baltimore Sun)
- Unique rowhouses on Carey Street. (Steve Earley/Baltimore Sun)
- A sunflower is planted at the site of a future garden in West Baltimore. (Will Cocks/Will Cocks Photography)
- Several artificial sunflowers were placed at the site of a future garden in West Baltimore. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)
- Street view in West Baltimore. (Will Cocks/Will Cocks Photography)
- A vacant rowhouse in West Baltimore with distressed bricks, peeling paint, and a “No Trespassing” sign. (Olivia Hubert-Allen/Baltimore Sun)
- A long alleyway in West Baltimore taken from the ground. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)
- H.L. Mencken mural on the south face of the Hollins Market building. (Steve Earley/Baltimore Sun)
- Baltimore-based band Drunk Monk performs at the RiseUp Stage at SoWeBohemian Arts & Music Festival. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)
- Artist Ania M. Milo paints a dog from the Internet at the SoWeBohemian Arts & Music Festival. (Steve Earley/Baltimore Sun)
- Small, woven dolls hang from a tent at the SoWeBohemian Arts & Music Festival in Southwest Baltimore on Sunday. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)
Contributors featured:
Sue Izard Photography
Will Cocks Photography
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