This is another one I drive past every day shaking my head and asking myself why. I recently saw a picture of Howard Street taken in 1982 that showed every building occupied and a lot of people on the sidewalks doing their Christmas shopping. Those of you who live in or near Baltimore know that Howard Street now has a post-apocalyptic look to it, all thanks to local mismanagement.
Even though the roof is gone and the interior is totally trashed by 15 years of exposure to the elements, the walls and facade of this theater look like they might can still be saved. The later marquee that still hangs above the entrance obscures some of the original detail of the building along with the other “improvements” made to the street level over the years. There has been talk of people resurrecting this theater over the past several years, but nothing ever materialized.
I drive past this old theater at least once a week. The walls are still standing, but she’s in ruins, well past the point of restoration. The roof collapsed a couple of years ago, no doubt weakened by the fire of 2007. Never heard anyone mention what caused the fire that destroyed this once beautiful building. The columns and some of the trim remain on the facade and might be salvageable, but that’s about it.
This building has recently been restored! The cheesy looking wooden facade has been removed, exposing original elements that I feared were long gone. The building still houses the Arch Social Club, but they did a good job of uncovering this building’s beauty.
This is another one I drive past every day shaking my head and asking myself why. I recently saw a picture of Howard Street taken in 1982 that showed every building occupied and a lot of people on the sidewalks doing their Christmas shopping. Those of you who live in or near Baltimore know that Howard Street now has a post-apocalyptic look to it, all thanks to local mismanagement.
Even though the roof is gone and the interior is totally trashed by 15 years of exposure to the elements, the walls and facade of this theater look like they might can still be saved. The later marquee that still hangs above the entrance obscures some of the original detail of the building along with the other “improvements” made to the street level over the years. There has been talk of people resurrecting this theater over the past several years, but nothing ever materialized.
I drive past this old theater at least once a week. The walls are still standing, but she’s in ruins, well past the point of restoration. The roof collapsed a couple of years ago, no doubt weakened by the fire of 2007. Never heard anyone mention what caused the fire that destroyed this once beautiful building. The columns and some of the trim remain on the facade and might be salvageable, but that’s about it.
This building has recently been restored! The cheesy looking wooden facade has been removed, exposing original elements that I feared were long gone. The building still houses the Arch Social Club, but they did a good job of uncovering this building’s beauty.