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Highlandtown, arguably the very quintessence of Baltimore, was once a small town outside the city limits. The look and feel of the area still reflects these beginnings. Much like the surrounding areas of Canton and Fells Point, Highlandtown feels like a small town trapped in a big city. The brick rowhouses with their marble stoops are typical of the architecture seen in Baltimore City. The corner bars, no matter how much they look like dives, are always populated by locals. Although Highlandtown had been seen as "going downhill," the area is now resurgent -- many young couples are buying and fixing up homes, and many businesses (both small and big) are moving in along the main drag on Easter...
Highlandtown, arguably the very quintessence of Baltimore, was once a small town outside the city limits. The look and feel of the area still reflects these beginnings. Much like the surrounding areas of Canton and Fells Point, Highlandtown feels like a small town trapped in a big city. The brick rowhouses with their marble stoops are typical of the architecture seen in Baltimore City. The corner bars, no matter how much they look like dives, are always populated by locals. Although Highlandtown had been seen as "going downhill," the area is now resurgent -- many young couples are buying and fixing up homes, and many businesses (both small and big) are moving in along the main drag on Eastern Avenue.
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Emerging Technology Center to move to Highlandtown
Baltimore's Emerging Technology Center will relocate from Canton to Highlandtown when its lease expires this fall. The city's technology incubator announced Friday that it chose new digs at 101 N. Haven St., a former King Cork and Seal Co. facility. The...
Tags: Canton (Baltimore, Maryland)
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City firefighter sustains knee injury in early morning blaze
A firefighter sustained a minor knee injury in a two-alarm blaze at a home in Southeast Baltimore early Thursday morning, according to the Baltimore Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the 3700 block of East Pratt Street — near the border of...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pratt Street, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Fires
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Dr. Paul Lietman
Dr. Paul S. Lietman, a retired Johns Hopkins professor of medicine, pharmacology, molecular sciences and pediatrics, died of congestive heart failure April 20 at his Ruxton home. He was 79. "He was a gifted educator and was beloved by generations of...
Tags: Pharmacology, Healthcare Provider, Trinidad and Tobago, Medical Specialization, General Practitioners
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Liver and onions dinner recalls old times in Baltimore
"Liver and onions — the poor man's gourmet delight." — Stevens Bunker, retired Baltimore sea dog The taste sensation of beef liver is like licking a piece of smooth, shiny metal. To the bite, the texture is akin to corduroy — wide...
Tags: Potatoes, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Harford Road, Bacon
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Tenth Highlandtown Wine Festival on Sunday
The Baltimore SunThe 10th annual Highlandtown Wine Festival is Sunday. The annual street festival brings more than 1,000 visitors to Baltimore's east side neighborhood for tastings of homemade wine, an amateur winemaking competition, Italian food from DiPasquale's...Tags: Festive Events, Wines, Arts and Culture
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With singer out, Secret Mountains' future uncertain
When Secret Mountains released its long-awaited first album, "Rainer," in February, the band seemed poised to make a leap to higher prominince in the indie music world. The shoegazed-inspired Baltimore sextet had already garnered positive write-ups from...
Tags: Creative Alliance, The New York Times
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Md. groups rally as immigration deal nears
Immigration reform advocates are organizing thousands of Marylanders to attend a Capitol Hill rally on Wednesday to bring attention to negotiations in the Senate over immigration. The rally, conceived by CASA de Maryland's executive director, Gustavo...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Immigration, Lindsey O. Graham, Justice and Rights
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311 complaints ignored, communities fight bars themselves
Black scuff marks line the staircase at 922 N. Charles St., left there by frustrated tenants kicking the wall in a vain attempt to make their neighbor, the Museum Restaurant and Lounge, quiet down. Most nights, tenants say, the sound of DJs hyping up...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Museums, Fells Point, Bars and Clubs, 311 (music group)
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Banksy's closes cafe operations in Lake Falls Village
Banksy's Cafe has closed in Lake Falls Village. Owners Robb Banks and Will Brown will be focusing on their catering operations, which they had been running out of the same location. The cafe, which opened in 2009, served made-to-order sandwiches and...Tags: Festive Events, Roland Park, Federal Hill, Alcoholic Beverages, Ceremonies
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McCormick's shareholder meeting draws a crowd — as always
About 900 McCormick & Co. investors packed into a Hunt Valley ballroom Wednesday to hear about the company's performance, applaud its stock price gains and see how it is marketing its spices, recipe mixes and other goods worldwide. But mostly, they...
Tags: Hunt Valley, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Steaks, Citigroup Incorporated, Shareholders
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Victoria Vox's brand new 'Key'
Seated at a downtown coffee shop last week, Victoria Vox quickly noticed the table was wobbly and uneven. Rather than ignore the minor nuisance, the 34-year-old singer-songwriter took the newspaper she walked in with, folded up a few pages and stuck...
Tags: Music, Creative Alliance, Sade (music artist), Social Media, Music Industry
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Not all fun and (video) games
Big Huge Games in Timonium closed last May, taking nearly 100 jobs with it. Nine months later, a local studio that was launched from the ashes of the video game-maker shut down, too. And Zynga, which created FarmVille and Words with Friends, closed its...
Tags: Hunt Valley, Curt Schilling, Baltimore County, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Skype
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