Recreation and wellness are the focus of the second phase of Rash Field Park, which will feature several sand volleyball courts. (This article first appeared in the February 2023 issue of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post newspaper.) In December, the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore released its final design concepts for the next phase of Rash … Continue reading Plans Set for Rash Field Park Phase 2 →

Sign-ups and some try-outs are already under way as spring comes to South Baltimore. Here’s your guide to all the outdoor recreation options and sports on the peninsula. (Photos by Mary Braman) – Compiled by John Thomas Baltimore Beach Volleyball Baltimore Beach Volleyball at Rash Field on the Inner Harbor offers free drop-in games on … Continue reading SoBo Spring Sports Are Here! →

The SoBo peninsula reveals its many diverse faces when you look at it up close from the water’s edge. Two Peninsula Post volunteers recently circumnavigated the entire shoreline by kayak, from the Inner Harbor to Ridgely’s Cove beneath I-395. Steve Cole contributed photographs, with an assist from Dan Strodel, whose kayaking skills made this voyage … Continue reading A Voyage Around the Peninsula →

SoBo-made Sagamore Spirit blends limestone-filtered spring water and locally sourced rye, corn, and malted barley to produce a variety of rye whiskeys and canned cocktails that have earned more than 150 awards. Photo by Mary Braman. (This article originally appeared in the December 2022 issue of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post newspaper. Corrected Feb. 13, … Continue reading A World-Class Rye Whiskey That’s Maryland to the Core →

Archaeologists dug 16 trenches across Solo Gibbs Park in October 2022 to look for remains of early Sharp-Leadenhall residences. Photos by Mary Braman. Lauren Schiszik had a hunch that buried beneath the playing fields, paths, and green space of Solo Gibbs Park were intact remains of houses and fragments of the lives of people who … Continue reading Digging into the Past in Sharp-Leadenhall →

With the help of generous donors and neighbors like you, South Baltimore United is wrapping up its first full year of working to build stronger community connections across the SoBo peninsula. And what a year it’s been! With your support, this all-volunteer nonprofit organization created: 6 issues of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post newspaper distributed … Continue reading Support SoBo Community News, Events in 2023 →

The Port Covington project’s development team announced a new name for the area with a social media blitz and stakeholder events on November 15. This January, the first prospective residents will tour the brand-new apartment buildings. In March, the first apartment dwellers will move in. And with that, the South Baltimore peninsula’s newest neighborhood will … Continue reading ‘Baltimore Peninsula’ Prepares to Open at Port Covington →

A 1960 illustration of an early highway plan for downtown Baltimore with an eight-lane East-West Expressway crossing the Inner Harbor at Federal Hill (bottom left) and forming a multi-level interchange at the current location of Harbor East. (This story originally appeared in the October-November 2022 print edition of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post.) EDITOR’S NOTE … Continue reading When Baltimore’s ‘Road Wars’ Raged Across SoBo →

On December 5 and 6, South Baltimore got a sneak peek at the near-final plans for transforming the 11-mile shoreline of the Middle Branch into “Baltimore’s next great waterfront.” In a pair of online public meetings, representatives of the “Reimagine Middle Branch” project laid out a detailed draft plan that is slated to go to … Continue reading See the Vision for SoBo’s Southern Shore →

Artist Lee Nowell-Wilson at work in her School 33 Art Center studio. Photos by Mary Braman. (This “SoBo Made” feature originally appeared in the October-November 2022 print edition of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post.) Artist Lee Nowell-Wilson is as vibrant as her paintings that adorn the walls of her studio in the School 33 Art … Continue reading Capturing Motherhood and Family Life on Canvas →