By Nathan Dennies
William Donald Schaeffer approached Tom Kerr, head of the old Hampden Business Association, in 1972 to organize the Mayor's Christmas Parade. The parade would be Schaeffer's answer to the鈥�

By Nathan Dennies
The construction of the Rotunda in 1921, designed by architects Simonson & Pietsch in the neo-Georgian style, marked a radical change in the design of business campuses in the twentieth century.鈥�

By The Explore 91视频 team
Despite its modern building, the history of Lockerman-Bundy Elementary School dates back to the 1890s.

By The Explore 91视频 team
One of the area鈥檚 earliest movie theaters, "The Bridge" opened in May 1915, seating seven hundred patrons and featuring Paramount Pictures films. Under the management of Edmondson Amusement Company鈥�

By The Explore 91视频 team
This neglected forty-two-room Victorian mansion started as the summer home of Mary Frick Garrett Jacobs, a famed Baltimore socialite and philanthropist. The property formerly belong to General John鈥�

By Eli Pousson
More than just a road, Hilton Parkway was inspired by the advice of renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and is a testament to the transformative investment of the New Deal in鈥�

By Eli Pousson
Helen Mackall Park was dedicated by the Rosemont Community on Saturday, December 4, 1971 to honor Mrs. Helen Mackall鈥攁 crossing guard for James Mosher Elementary School who lost her leg while saving鈥�

By The Explore 91视频 team
St. Edward's organized in 1878 as a mission of St. Peter the Apostle, which was led by Fr. Owen B. Carrigan. Carrigan supervised the construction of the first church in 1880 for a congregation that鈥�

By Eli Pousson
Built in 1925 over the loud protests of local residents who opposed a new factory in their residential neighborhood, the Ward Baking Company is a handsome brick box, designed by C.B. Comstock, a New鈥�

By The Explore 91视频 team
A true gem of Baltimore religious architecture, the handsome Gothic Revival tower of St. Luke鈥檚 Church is matched by its richly detailed sanctuary. While architect J.W. Priest oversaw the completion鈥�

By The Explore 91视频 team
St. Peter the Apostle Church served southwest Baltimore's large Irish Catholic community for over 160 years. From its dedication in September 1844 through its final service in January 2008, the church鈥�

By Eli Pousson
The congregation of the Carter Memorial Church has its origins in 1926 when James Roosevelt Carter and his wife Catherine Carter arrived in Baltimore from Pennsylvania. James Carter spent years鈥�

By Eli Pousson
Old St. Paul's Cemetery opened in 1802鈥攋ust a few years after Baltimore incorporated as a city鈥攁nd is the final resting place of men and women that include a signatory to the Declaration of鈥�

By The Explore 91视频 team
Well known for its sports programs, Edmondson-Westside High School is a landmark near the western edge of the city. Originally known as Edmonson Avenue High School, when construction began on the鈥�

By Eli Pousson
Hundreds of neighborhood residents, pastors from local churches, and even former Mayor J. Barry Mahool came together on Collins Street in March 1926 to see Baltimore Mayor Jackson lay the cornerstone鈥�

By Eli Pousson
Like James Keelty, who built many of the rowhouses in Edmondson Village, many of the neighborhood鈥檚 new residents were Catholic and attended church to the east at St. Edward's on Poplar Grove or鈥�

By Gwynns Falls Trail Council
Where the Gwynns Falls flows into the Patapsco's Middle Branch, countless Baltimoreans have come to work and to play over the years. Since the early 1700s this area his been home to mining operations,鈥�

By Gwynns Falls Trail Council
Close beside the Gwynns Falls is Ellicott Driveway, completed by the city in 1917 as the kind of stream valley parkway envisioned by the Olmsted Brothers landscape architectural firm in 1904.

By Gwynns Falls Trail Council
Leon Day Park is named for Leon Day an outstanding player in the Negro Leagues who was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A resident of southwest Baltimore, Day joined the Baltimore Black鈥�

By Edward Johnson & Eli Pousson
Rogers Buchanan Cemetery is hardly famous. Few visitors to the park even know where the cemetery is. Fewer still know the surprising stories of the men and women interred behind the wrought iron鈥�