Along Baltimore’s Light Street

Jul 15, 2014

Along Baltimore’s Light Street

Kalani Gordon 0 Comment From the Vault, The Baltimore Sun

A main north-south corridor through Baltimore, Light Street has seen a few changes since its pre-Promenade days and fire destruction, topped off with a recent surge in redevelopment and newly-lit business signs throughout downtown and the Inner Harbor.

Here’s a look at what Light Street used to be, straight from The Baltimore Sun archives.

: Scenes from historic Light Street. (Ellis Malashuk/Baltimore Sun file photo dated Dec. 1954)

: Light Street fire. (Baltimore Sun file photo)

: Harbor Scenes dated Feb. 1946. (Baltimore Sun file)

: Light Street and Sam Smith Park. (Baltimore Sun file)

: Light Street near Conway, dated April 1956 (WM Klender/ Baltimore Sun file)

: The harbor, pre-Promenade. (Dick Stacks/Baltimore Sun file dated June 1954)

: The harbor, pre-Promenade. (Baltimore Sun file dated Nov. 1954)

: Getting Harborplace underway: The fenced-off area to the left is where Rouse Co. Harborplace project was to take shape, joining existing fixtures as the USFG building and the WTC. (Irving Phillips Jr./Baltimore Sun file dated April 1979)

: Structural members of Rouse Co.’s Harborplace rise against the Baltimore skyline. (William Klender/Baltimore Sun file photo dated Sept 11, 1979)

: Harborplace twin pavilions about half complete, dated Jan 1980. (Baltimore Sun file photo)

: Rouse Co. Harborplace diorama. (Richard Childress/Baltimore Sun file photo dated April 1979)

: Harborplace pavilion. (George Cook/Baltimore Sun file)

: Pier 4, Light Street. (Baltimore Sun file photo dated Oct. 1940)

: Scenes from historic Light Street. (Albert Cochran/Baltimore Sun file photo dated March 1948)

: One Light Street, designed by John Burgee: The proposed replacement for the Old Southern Hotel.

: Scenes from historic Light Street. (Baltimore Sun file photo dated July 1939)

: Scenes from historic Light Street. (Ralph Dohme/Baltimore Sun file/dated June 1954)

: Scenes from historic Light Street. (John Stadler/Baltimore Sun file)

: Scenes from historic Light Street. (Baltimore Sun file/July. 1938)

: Scenes from historic Light Street. (Baltimore Sun file)

: Scenes from historic Light Street. (Baltimore Sun file/Sept. 1946)

: ScenesThe rear of the 1500 block of Light Street. Typical of many found by citizens groups and city inspectors who toured several blocks of the street, trying to get the neighborhood fixed up. (Baltimore Sun file)

: Scenes from historic Light Street. (Baltimore Sun file)

: 31 South Light Street (Ellis J. Malashuk, The Baltimore Sun file)

: Historic Pier 16, center of a 6-alarm fire.

: Historic Pier 16, center of a 6-alarm fire.

: July 8, 1986: Beth Bellamy, of Hurst, Texas, browses cooking accessories at The McCormick Collection at the company’s Light Street plant.

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