From the vault: Scrubbing Baltimore’s white steps
How one artist recaptured Baltimore’s lost tradition of scrubbing the white marble steps.
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Baltimore neighborhoods
Baltimore street photographers
Year in review
Freddie Gray: protests, aftermath
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A. Aubrey Bodine
Viewing Baltimore from above
In the shadows of the Rio 2016 Olympics
The world’s attention is naturally focused upon the athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics. But in the shadows of the bright lights of the games is a country facing deep political unrest and social inequality.
Into action at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Top shots from the 2016 Rio Olympics, which began on Friday.
Blaze Starr’s legacy lives on, with photos by Steve Parke
Local performer Ruby Rockafella pays tribute to Blaze Starr, the Godmother of Baltimore Burlesque, with photos by Steve Parke, formerly Prince’s art director.
From the vault: Historic floods in Ellicott City, Maryland
Editor’s note: This article was originally posted in 2016, after Maryland Governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency in Ellicott City following heavy flooding. It flooded again May 27, 2018.
“It seems that Ellicott City has come in for an inordinate amount of disasters from floods, fires and railroad wrecks since its founding in 1772,” Fred Rasmussen wrote in The Sun in 2012.
Riding the rails at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum
Until 1963, streetcars zigged and zagged their way through the streets of Baltimore, carrying passengers from jobs in Sparrows Point to homes on Edmonson Avenue, or on day trips to the beach at Bay Shore Park. In the days before air conditioning, the “cool-off” ride program let Baltimoreans escape the heat of their homes by riding breezy streetcars — unlimited rides for one set fare.
Wildfires ravage area near Los Angeles
Two massive wildfires raged in tinder-dry California hills and canyons Sunday, leaving thousands of homes evacuated and authorities to investigate a burned body found in a neighborhood swept by flames, AP reports.
Exploring Lexington Market’s underground vaults
Baltimore is chockfull of underground tunnels, vaults and other hideaways. We explored some beneath Lexington Market.
Turkey, after the coup attempt
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has fired nearly 9,000 police officers, bureaucrats and others and detained thousands of suspected plotters following the attempted coup, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Monday. Warplanes patrolled Turkey’s skies overnight in a sign that authorities feared that the threat against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government was not yet over, despite official assurances that life has returned to normal.
From the vault: Artscape in the ’80s and ’90s
The country’s biggest free arts festival has been happening in Baltimore since the 1980s. Take a look at some photos of Artscapes of years past.