Location: Portland and Greene, Baltimore, MD
Rating: 2.2/5
Caption: This person must have needed a little nap after their long day shooting up.
Description: I just love this area of town, it has one of my favorite neighborhoods in Baltimore, Ridgley’s Delight. Not only are do they have both Camden yards and the birthplace of Babe Ruth (that’s right, suck it Yankees the Babe is Baltimore bred) but they have these amazing cobble stone streets with a nineteenth century feel complete with blasted smack-heads next to parking meters with the heads sawed off to steal the quarters.
Only Baltimore could fuck up historic gold as royally as they have on the west side next to UMMC. While Ridgleys’s remains a hidden treasure (no sarcasm there, it’s really a cool neighborhood that deserves a look) nearby Seton Hill which has EDGAR ALLAN POE’S FUCKING GRAVE is completely under-served and underutilized to the point where even the Poe Toaster no longer feels comfortable dropping off her three roses and half finished bottle of cognac every January 19th for fear of having her undead ass kicked.
Honestly, the only thing that makes me sadder than the 19th coming and going without a drink for the greatest literary mind in American horror is knowing that redevelopment of that area is well within reach but this city falls for any out-of-town fast talker pitching a monorail (think Simpsons) instead of just giving the job to someone based on merit and financial capability (looking at you Superblock).