Gil Sandler's Baltimore Stories

On the moonless night of February 9, 1947. A shadowy melodrama was being played out on the Lancaster street dock and abo... Read more

It’s an easy and comfortable ride for Baltimoreans to get from Highlandtown on the east side of the harbor to Locust Poi... Read more

Something unusual was going on in Baltimore’s Penn Station on the afternoon of July 25, 1943. In the frenetic war years,... Read more

On the evening of July 12, 1929, a small crowd was gathered at the entrance of the Richmond Market. They stood staring a... Read more

In 2001 on the 20th anniversary of the Grand Opening of the National Aquarium and of Mayor Schaefer's promise at the tim... Read more

The Lyric Theater on the night of May 27, 1982 was historic. The Baltimore Symphony patrons were there to say goodbye—th... Read more

On the evening of January 6, 1967, the scene outside the Mechanic Theater at Baltimore and Charles streets was a busy on... Read more

Gil tells us why you don't hear ----Baltimore, Our Baltimore---- ring out at Orioles games, or anywhere, really.See omny... Read more

On a Sunday afternoon in 1937, a policemen stationed outside of a Max’s Delicatessen on University Parkway stopped a cus... Read more

In 1946, a 25-year-old James Fong Wu who has arrived in Baltimore at age four from Canton China, opened a Chinese restau... Read more

Motorists driving north on Charles Street in late March of 1989 were delighted and excited to see off to their right, hi... Read more

The great flu that struck Baltimore was so deadly, contagious and debilitating that it pretty much shut down the city--s... Read more

Baltimoreans opened The Sun paper on the morning of October 1964 to read this modest announcement. "Each city recreation... Read more

On a day in 1918, a 16-year-old girl named Rose Zetzer was a student in high school, discussing the assignment 'Shall Wo... Read more

In the evening of July 15, 1957, Veterans Stadium in Long Beach, California was awash in the lights and music and pagean... Read more

In the early afternoon of August 23, 1963, three African American diplomats, dressed in full and colorful diplomatic att... Read more

On an evening in 1935, in the living room in a house in Baltimore, a husband and wife are sitting at a small table, faci... Read more

On June 22, 1972, Tropical Storm Agnes hit. The Jones Falls overflowed. Standing at the interception of Northern Parkway... Read more

At the end of a long summer’s day in 2003, a young Shannon Mullaney was driving home along the Jones Falls Expressway, l... Read more

On the Saturday night of July 7, 1937, crowds are making their way along the Light Street below Pratt to Pier 5, there t... Read more