‘Baltimore Beats’ is a blog about issues affecting the general historic infrastructure of the city and how approaches to managing it have trended along the lines of homegrown kitsch to haphazard to clueless. For our inaugural Baltimore Beats blog we’ll start with a subject close to home, but with more of a national perspective. As …
Our first blog post focuses on a largely forgotten but highly significant African American burial ground known as Laurel Cemetery in Northeast Baltimore. This landmark represents the essence of an Otobo community anchor that carries the cultural spirit of its people. To learn more about The Otobo Project, visit our Advocacy page. Laurel Cemetery, rests …
A Brief Historical Saga — For twenty-five years, the Carroll Park Foundation focused, laser-like, on educating the public and protecting the historical record of one of Baltimore’s most significant Revolutionary Period landmarks. The remnant of a 3,000-acre plantation, it is located within minutes of the Inner Harbor. Familiar to some as “Mount Clare”, the 18th-century …
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