Making a map of libraries around my neighborhood
Making a map to celebrate the safe reopening of Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library and visit more libraries around Harwood this spring.
mapping
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The Enoch Pratt Free Library—Baltimore’s public library system—recently reopened for in-person browsing for the first time in nearly a year. This past Sunday, I visited the…
Deconstructing the recent history of demolition, parks, and public safety
A recent history of what elected officials and residents say and do about vacant housing, demolition, and public safety in Baltimore.
research
This is the first part of the draft of a paper I’m working on about the politics of Project CORE and the history of demolition in Baltimore. Comments or suggestions are…
The politics of ‘tear it down’
Writing about the meaning and politics of demolition in Baltimore for the Vernacular Architectural Forum.
research
This spring, I’ll be presenting a paper at the 2018 Vernacular Architectural Forum on the meaning, history, and politics of demolition in Baltimore. My presentation is part…
Researching Confederate monuments and Civil War memory at the Maryland Historical Society
research
A few weeks ago, I decided to apply for the Lord Baltimore Fellowship at the Maryland Historical Society to continue the research I started in 2015 on the history of Baltimore’s Confederate monuments and Civil War memory in Baltimore.
“I am unwilling to see erected in the public streets of this city a monument to a dead idea”
art history
Baltimore City
Maryland
As Baltimore begins a review of the city’s Confederate monuments, I’ve been doing some research on the history of these monuments trying to understand the city in which the…
We have a problem with vacant houses in Baltimore. Part one of a draft paper for the VAF Conference in Chicago.
architectural history
Baltimore City
This post is the first half of a paper I am working on for the 2015 Vernacular Architecture Forum conference in Chicago this June. The paper focuses on the history of vacant…
How the Park Board “went along” as Baltimore turned playgrounds into police stations
architectural history
Baltimore City
landscape history
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League of American Wheelmen parading through Baltimore in 1894
bike history
Baltimore City
Maryland
neighborhood history
Formed in 1880, the League of American Wheelmen worked throughout the late-19th century advocating for road improvements, fighting for the right of cyclists to use public…
Mount Vernon “turned over to the wreckers” in 1965
Baltimore City
historic preservation
Maryland
neighborhood history
Working in Mt. Vernon gives me ample opportunities to enjoy the neighborhood’s historic architecture and our generous share of surface parking lots. Many of these lots date…
“These are the closing scenes of our revolution” at Fort No. 1 on West Baltimore Street
Baltimore City
Maryland
neighborhood history
Over a year ago, I organized and led a bike tour of Civil War history in West Baltimore for my work Baltimore Heritage. In researching the history of Fort No. 1, an earthen…
H.L. Mencken on the “forgotten men who always suffer when schemes of uplift are afoot”
Baltimore City
Maryland
neighborhood history
I was thrilled this morning to discover the April 15, 1939 entry from H.L. Mencken’s diary sharing an account of visiting the modest rowhouse on West Lexington Street where…
“Bike Ride Through Historic Baltimore” - 1971
Baltimore City
Maryland
neighborhood history
public history
While researching the history of the Shot Tower Industrial Park this morning, I stumbled across a unexpected and delightful account of a historic bike tour from May 16…
Notes on Urban Renewal in Baltimore - No. 2
architectural history
Baltimore City
Maryland
modern
I have been working on a long post about State Center for weeks but I wanted to share a shorter piece in the interim. I found some time this evening to write up a few notes…
Society for Historical Archaeology 2012: Interpreting the Past, Building a Future through Archaeology in Lafayette Square
archaeology
Baltimore City
landscape history
Maryland
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present a paper at the Society for Historical Archaeology 2012 Annual Meeting about my work with Dr. Dave Gadsby on Civil War Archaeology…
House of Welsh demolished on December 3
architectural history
Baltimore City
Maryland
neighborhood history
Quick post on the demolition of the House of Welsh, more recently known as Club One. This set of three 1830s rowhouses, covered in formstone and isolated at the corner of a…
Reading the Middle Branch Case Studies
Baltimore City
landscape history
Maryland
public history
A few months back, I stumbled across a whole series of posts from 2008-2009 that Baltimore designer and educator Fred Scharmen wrote for a project he called the Middle…
Baltimore highlights from the Society for American City and Regional Planning History
architectural history
Baltimore City
digital history
Maryland
neighborhood history
I organized a tour of West Baltimore neighborhoods this past November SACRPH conference in Baltimore this past November so the organized comped me the registration fee for…
Race and Place in Baltimore Neighborhoods at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting
Baltimore City
historic preservation
Maryland
public history
This past October, I had the privilege of participating in a panel organized by Dr. Nicole King at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting in Baltimore, along with…
Throw away your architectural dictionary or Why preservationists should be using (and contributing) to Wikipedia
architectural history
In many ways, I’m useless as an architectural historian. I’ll point to a building and say “look at that thing above the other thing made out of stone!” Usually enthusiastic…
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