Posted on 10/08/2023 5:35:29 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
PING!
About 30 years ago, took the kids to an Orioles game, wandered the Harbor, took in the aquarium. Took a boat ride to Fort McHenry. Went to Bertha’s Mussels and a nice Italian restaurant.
All now nothing but some photos and gray matter. Won’t set foot anywhere near the place now.
I think that the problem is not the Pavilions it’s that the Pavilions are in Baltimore.
“They should keep the mom and pop shops, that’s what everybody wants,” said Hughes.
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Well, except maybe the moms and pops.
Also, if there is mom and pop shoe store, stay away! They will skip town with your sneakers! (Seinfeld reference)
I arrived in Baltimore in September of 1975.
I remember Howard Street as being crowded with mainly black women shopping.
Its replacement is apparently in need of replacement.
That’s a bingo! I did much the same a long time ago but I do not even like driving through that crappy democrat city let alone stopping in it.
Exactly. The populace is the problem.
I remember a time when Memorial Stadium was on 33rd Street and bleacher seats were $1 each.
When I lived in Baltimore 1 in 7 residents were on welfare but I never feared walking in the city.
Is the thought here that it is dangerous to go into Baltimore now? Is it the whole city? And is it safe in daylight but not after dark? Ive never been there.
And beer was still reasonably priced.
What once was will be no more .
Very dangerous and high rate of drug use and at one time had the distinction of having the highest rate of STD’s.
The clearing of the buildings makes it easier to become a free fire zone.
Once accidentally drove through downtown Baltimore (thanks, Mapquest). Was scary even back then.
I miss going to the ball game on a whim and a couple bucks in my wallet. Bleacher creatures!
I seem to recall when they were originally built in the late 80s when I was at USNA though it may have just been prework I’m thinking of....
We took our kids to Baltimore 20 years ago a couple times a year and loved it.
My family, when I was a kid, went to downtown Chicago a couple times a years.
Hanging out and enjoying big lib cities are a thing of the past and on our current coarse will never change.
Late 80s sounds about right, actually. We moved to DC area in 86 for my last assignment at Navy Yard. Remembering going to some events on the harbor toward the end of the decade.
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