Maryland Daily Photo

This is the latest in my “pictures from the parking garage” series. 
Today’s feature: yet another garage.  That dodge emblem is from the “Dodge Garage.”  Because, yes, even garages are selling their names. 

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Becasue I had to work this weekend, today’s mdp is limited by what I could capture from the parking garage of my office.   Here is the man from the Power Plant Live sign in Baltimore.
PowerPlant live is a small grouping of bars and restaraunts, etc.  This guy is sort of their mascot.  Or he’s at […]

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Steam boats used to be used to cross the Chesapeake in the days before bridges crossed the water.  In order to insure that things like Sunday’s accident on the bay bridge, (for those from out of town: on Sunday, a teenager crossed into the other lane of the bay bridge and hit a semi, which fell into […]

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Good luck to the Ravens in the upcoming season.  Tonight’s game doesn’t really mean anything, but it will give us a chance to recall the almost amazing victory that the Ravens almost had the last time they played the Patriots.  We can all hope that this season is neither miserable nor tragic. 
 For many reasons, I […]

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This is just another shot of the John W. Brown.   I think its interesting as a ship becasue of its ridiculous size.  It dwarfed every other ship in the harbor, as it is longer than a football field, and as you can see, taller than many of the shops and buildings around it. 

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Over the weekend, the John W. Brown, a Liberty Ship, came to Baltimore’s inner harbor.   This sparked a discussion amoung many about who John W. Brown was.  He was a union leader, in case you were wondering.  What else is interesting about him?  Well he died due to an accidental discharge of his hunting rifle.  
What is a Liberty Ship?  […]

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Here’s a shot of the Key Bridge as see from Fort Armistead.  This isn’t really a story about the bridge though.  It’s a story about the fort.  The fort’s land which sits on the western edge of the key bridge at just about the southern-most tip of Baltimore is experiencing a bit of a renaissance.  […]

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Here is the eagle from above the headlight of the American Freedom train in the B&O museum.  
Sory for the short post, work’s been really tough this week. 

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So there’s a TV show on ABC called Hopkins.  While I haven’t watched the tv show, but I think it airs on Thursday nights.   For those who have watched it, and for those following the theme of the last two posts, here’s the famous dome at the medical center. 
(coincidentally, this is just up the same street as another […]

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Here’s a sign across from the metro station (seen on yesterday’s post), just in front of the hospital.  This shot was taken on Brodway, for those who were wondering.

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