Courtesy of corresponding photographer, Bryan, we have today’s picture of the home of the Rider family, which is the namesake of the Riderwood area of Baltimore County. To those nearby: this is close to the better known neighborhood of Ruxton. Today it houses the Baltimore County Historical Trust.
Just a picture that I enjoyed from the former bank that is now a dentists’ office in Glyndon, a place you may remember from our picture of the town’s train station, which is now a post office.
Yesterday’s “perfectly normal” picture was a clue as to this week’s theme, which is: The town of Boring. It was not named for a lack of excitement, but rather for an old post office worker (at least according to wikipedia)
So it seems appropriate to show the post office here. There are a few places across the United States that are referred to as “Boring.” However, I could find only one other that has its own zip code.
The town is located in Baltimore County near the Carroll county border, just north of Reisterstown. While some may call it Boring, I can easily say that it is far from the sleepiest town I’ve seen in the state or even in the area. In fact, yesterday’s fire hall picture was home to the local bingo game.
The last time we visited Ilchester, I mentioned that there was a pedestrian bridge that currently spans the space where the Patterson viaduct used to be. (the Patterson viaduct was one of the bridges that carried the first railroad in America. It’s at the north end of what is today the main area of Patapsco Valley State Park) I couldn’t show you the very cool bridge then because the pictures were trapped on my film camera. Because of some mechanical issues with that camera, it took me a while to get this, but, finally, here it is.
Returning to the topic of a post from about one year ago, I have fulfilled the request of one of the comments to that post by providing the view of the stack from I-695. I was able to do this as I was stuck in traffic under the stack last night. From the bottom level you can see all four layers of traffic.
Not on the ocean, and not in Florida, this is Miami beach park in Baltimore County. Located on the bay, just south of Aberdeen, this park contains a few hundred feet of sandy beach. I can’t tell you where the name came from.
Bengies, in Middle River, is the last remaining drive in theater in the state. Go now, before it’s too late.
Near the light rail station I should have gone to is the Timonium Fairgrounds, actually called the Maryland State Fairgrounds, and home of the Maryland State Fair.
