Here’s a picture of Charles St. as it moves north in Baltimore. You can see the point where the great Baltiomore fire ended becasue that is the point where the road narrows. Up until that point they expanded the road since there was space to do so as everything around it had burnt down. I’m hoping that this week or next I’ll get a chance to walk around and take pictures of the buildings that are both standing today and survived the fire.
Here’s a picture of Baltimore St. in Cumberland. This street has been closed off from traffic and serves as sort of a pedestrian mall.
Today’s photo comes from guest photographer Trish, who was also kind enough to tell us a little bit about the farm. Boyer farm has some interesting history to it. It’s been growing peaches and pumpkins and wartermelons and other wonderful stuff since the late 1800s.
The peach trees and the verdant acres, located right in the middle of housing subdivisions, have always been a refreshing staple to the town of Severn, Maryland.
You could always pull over the side of the road or walk there when you watched to check out the produce and the farm has always supplied the local community with a fresh crop of pumpkins every fall. Unfortunately, the 52-acre farm has been sold to developers to make way for townhouses. Mr. Boyer, who still lives in a house on the outskirts of the farm with family, says he’s getting old and just can’t maintain it (Although I think the age of 54 is still rather young). Either way, something like this was bound to happen, as the opening of the mega-mall Arundel Mills has shot up the property value of the surrounding area (Boyer’s farm is just a five minute drive away).
For some more information about the sale, you can go here.
Here’s the sister picture to this one. This is the inside of the tunnel. I guess my windshield needed some cleaning though I can’t tell why I would do so in a tunnel. Either way, enjoy.
This is Bore 4 of the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore. I gernerally like the Harbor tunnel, which is the older and more laid back of the two tunnels. However, the Ft. McHenry tunnel wins my toll money most of the time as it is the closest tunnel to downtown.
The 1.5 mile Ft McHenry tunnel was built to make I-95 a “continuous road.” ( I’m putting that in quotes for anyone who has ended up in Trenton and not New York by following I-95 too far) Regardless of the rest of I-95, the Ft. McHenry tunnel’s completion in 1985 turned I-95 into a continuous road in the state of Maryland.
Pieces of the tunnel were built and then floated on barges to the tunnel site, where they were sunk into the river bed.
It has room for eight lanes, and it is the widest underwater vehicular tunnel ever built.
This is a metal crab shilouette from a post on the south side of Ocean City. There are actually four other Maryland related items on the post. I’ll “post “more as appropriate.
Today’s post is dedicated to the brisket barbecue. True fans of barbecue may ask what is going on with that weber. Well you may also notice the water pan that I’ve placed between the grate and the charcoal grate, which is what allows me to cook the meat for longer periods of time. (Is it the same as a true smoker? Well no, but I’ll be the first one to admit that) It’s also what allows the steam to rise out of the grill as if it were a special effect.
Here are before and after comparison shots.
Here is Caplan’s department store in Ellicot City. It’s not really so much of a department store anymore but rather more of an “antique” shop, much like everything else in Ellicot City. When I was a kid, the first time I went to Ellicot City, I thought it was pretty neat. Then my parents repeatedly dragged me there in search of mugs or plates or other such used items as can be found at a bargain price in Ellicot city. Of course there were cool things to be found too, like license plates and old tools and ….um…… license plates, which were entirely too scarce in the shops.
Now I’m older and I think Ellicot City is a pretty nice place to walk around and maybe grab some food, (not to mention its interesting railroad heritage) but I leave the antique stores alone.
This is the memorial to those who died aboard the 52 US submarines sunk during World War II. It sits on the grounds of the Naval Academy.
Admitedly, I rarely buy those fancy pants cookies in the paper bags with the little piece of paper between each one. When I go to get a cookie it comes in a plastic tray with 90 of its best friends. However, I might open my mind towards different cookies now that the cookie companies are finally giving the people what the want: foods named after part of Maryland.
A note about yesterday’s, “incident.” The MDP community would like to thank all of those who expressed concern about yesterday’s attack. Fortunately, it was short lived. I was going to post a hack related picture today, like a golfer, or someone coughing, but if you do that, the hackers have already won.
