Ingots of various metals are one of the commodities shipped into Locust Point at the C. Steinweg (Baltimore), Inc., facility near Fort McHenry. Photos by Mary Braman. (This article originally appeared in the August-September 2024 issue of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post.) By Mark Hannon Shipping and oceangoing travel have been part of SoBo life … Continue reading Working the Docks of Locust Point →

Lania D'Agostino's studio near the School 33 Art Center, where she has been creating art for three decades, accommodates her passion for both painting and sculpting life-sized castings of human figures. Photos by Mary Braman. (This article originally appeared in the August-September 2024 issue of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post.) By Rachel Cohen Pairs of … Continue reading Painting Spirits and Casting Human Figures on Light Street →

Turell Brooks of the God's Best Family nonprofit (center) launched a campaign this summer to raise funds to buy a building for the organization's programs. Photos by Mary Braman. (This story originally appeared in the August-September 2024 issue of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post.) Two years ago, the South Baltimore Engagement Center opened in a … Continue reading SoBo Youth-Family Support Program Set for More Growth →

Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette returns to Baltimore and Fort McHenry in October to celebrate the bicentennial of his nationwide tour of America. U.S. National Park Service photo. When the Marquis de Lafayette first came to America in 1777, he arrived as a 19-year-old French aristocrat eager to join the fight for American … Continue reading Lafayette Returns to Fort McHenry →

Claudia Jolin is the first executive director of the Baltimore Peninsula Community Benefits District who oversees the “public realm” of the new SoBo development. Photo by Mary Braman. [This story originally appeared in the June-July 2024 issue of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post.] The still-developing Baltimore Peninsula neighborhood along SoBo’s southern shore now has a … Continue reading Balt Pen’s Public Spaces Get Official Advocate →

Australian Jeff Osborne moved back to Baltimore to launch M8 Beer in the brewery originally operated by Checkerspot Brewing Co. M8 Beer opened in September 2023. Photos by Mary Braman. [This article originally appeared in the June 2024 issue of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post.] It didn’t take long for the peninsula’s newest craft brewery, … Continue reading Down Under Flavors Thrive at New S. Sharp Street Brewery →

While sidewalk lights have sprouted in other parts of the city through neighborhood initiatives, in SoBo they have largely been the work of individuals inspired to create a comfortable nighttime gathering space outside their homes. Photo by Mary Braman. [This story originally appeared in the June 2024 issue of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post.] Café … Continue reading Neighbors Brighten the Night with Sidewalk Café Lights →

Jackson Fisher (center left) cuts the ribbon at the new basketball court as Mayor Brandon Scott (center right) and others look on. Photos by Mary Braman. Even before the ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the renovation of Riverside Park on Tuesday, June 18, children were dashing about on the multi-purpose field and chasing each other through … Continue reading Renovated Riverside Park Opens for Play →

Since April 1983, The 8x10 on E. Cross Street has been a showcase for national acts, up-and-coming bands, and Baltimore-based groups like Electric Love Machine (above). Photo by Liz Pappas, Barley Moon Photography. (This article originally appeared in the February 2024 issue of the South Baltimore Peninsula Post newspaper.) By day, it’s a nondescript pair … Continue reading SoBo’s Live Music Survivor: The 8×10 at 40 →

Three hundred years ago, the actions of one English settler prevented SoBo from becoming the heart of Baltimore City. Early Baltimore grew from the harbor in every direction except onto our peninsula. This digital recreation of the city in 1815, showing Fort McHenry at the upper left and Federal Hill to the right of center, … Continue reading The Man Who Made Us South Baltimore →