On the 30th anniversary of the team's departure, we compile old stories about the beloved Baltimore Colts.
How The Deal Went Down
For 11 long years, Baltimore got the cold shoulder from the National Football League. But when the Cleveland Browns called, suddenly Baltimore was the belle of the ball....
In 1954, the Supreme Court declared segregated education unconstitutional. Sixty years later, four Baltimoreans recall their first days in their new schools.
“Inherently unequal” was the phrase Earl Warren used, writing his first major opinion as Supreme Court chief justice on May 17, 1954, striking down the “separate but equal” principle that long-...
Baltimoreans reflect on the significance of John F. Kennedy's assassination and how it resonates a half century later.
Jess Blumberg
Senior editor, Baltimore magazine, 27
The 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination came up recently during a dinner with friends, all in their late 20s, early 30s. Mind you,...
How many miles did you log while reporting this story, and how long did it take to complete the book?
It turned out that one missing airplane leads to all corners of the earth. I spent a total of...
Henrietta Lacks’s family finally gets a say in her genome research.
It has been a 60-year battle. On January 29, 1951, doctors at The Johns Hopkins Hospital took a biopsy from Henrietta Lacks—wife of a Bethlehem Steel worker—who had an aggressive form of cervical...
For decades, Korean-American storeowners have faced struggles in Baltimore City. They still do.
Twenty years ago this month, Joel Lee, a 21-year-old Korean-American beginning his senior year at then-Towson State University, was robbed, shot in the face, and killed while heading to a classmate’...
50 years later, August 28 is still a day about jobs and freedom.
Historians say the 1963 March on Washington culminated 50 years ago on the hot, humid afternoon of August 28, as a throng of some 250,000 people stretched a mile on both sides of the national...
Launched by Greek immigrants and family-owned since 1943, H&S Bakery continues to flourish and reshape East Baltimore's waterfront
The aging Zeus of H&S Bakery, a man born into a simple family business now 70 years old with annual sales of $800 million, John Paterakis has a few things in his Fells Point office that...
A sparkly, new law school is the capstone of UB’s growth.
If you’ve been in midtown lately, you’ve probably noticed the gleaming 12-story building on Mount Royal Avenue that sits in stark contrast to neoclassical Penn Station across the street. It,...
As the neighborhood celebrates 100 years, the Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage offers an inside look at 12 homes and sites on April 28.
1 | Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Judson Flanagan. This French Country-style home has several gardens and more than 100 rose bushes.
2 | Home of Dr. Anne Barone. This 1923 Colonial Revival home is the only...