Long before the famous Ripkins, Eddie Murray or Frank Robinson, the toast of professional baseball in Baltimore was a man called Foxy Ned Hanlon who lived in Bolton Hill. Now Tom Delise, a longtime English teacher who lives in the neighborhood, has written a biography, Foxy Ned Hanlon: The Baseball Life of a Hall of Fame Manager, co-authored with Jay Seaborg, a retired history teacher and lifelong baseball fan in Mt. Airy.
For as long as anyone remembers, those graceful park strips that separate the east and west roadways along Park Avenue have just been called the Park Avenue medians or parks. But local historian Fred Shoken has uncovered new information…
Baltimore’s newest arts and education hub is getting ready to open its doors, a big addition to the neighborhood.
Under the auspices of BHCA, planning is advancing for one of the city’s more enduring neighborhood street parties, Bolton Hill’s Festival on the Hill on Saturday Oct. 8 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
This spring will see a completely revitalized Contee-Parago Park, located on the southern end of Bolton Hill at the end of Bolton Street, with new seating, new signage and over 1000 native plants.
Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church is beginning its sesquicentennial celebration, albeit a year late.
Throughout the winter, spring and summer of the first COVID year, as Baltimoreans and the world hunkered down to avoid the virus, Bolton Hill residents were blessed to be able to exercise, take their children to play and unwind at the sprawling green space on Laurens Street known as Arnold E. Sumpter Park.
Long before our Baltimore Orioles were led to success by the fiery Earl Weaver, there once was a champion baseball club in Baltimore in the 1890s.
June is Pride Month in Maryland and nationally. It celebrates the 52 years that have passed since the Stonewall movement grew from New York to become a vital and successful national (and international) continuing campaign to protect and respect the rights of people attracted to members of their own sex.
The National Park Service has begun a study which could lead to the creation of a nearby urban national park to honor Thurgood Marshall.
