what is between 1530-1535 West Baltimore Street.
When looking at the history of West Baltimore Street, mainly the 1500 block of the area we see that this street was more like the main street of Baltimore before the harbor became the epicenter of the whole city. when looking at the History of my section of the block being 1530-1535, I saw that 1530-1532 West Baltimore street were a part of the stretch of land that was a part of a movie theater, and it most times it was a different version of a movie theater. just like last years class with the idea that the buildings may have been completely different things over the decades we saw that 1531 West Baltimore Street was not only a part of being a movie theater, before it was part of the Asian laundry system/industry where most of those buildings were owned by Asian immigrants and were created as different cultural epicenters for different races of people. One main event that occurred in this specific address was that while it was a laundry zone, it was robbed in a part of a string of robberies that hit most asian laundry houses and would steal a range of money fro $6-$90. most of the robberies were reported but it is unknown if the suspect was found and tried for their crimes.
What got my attention the most was the information that I had found out about 1529 West Baltimore Street. That address at one point in time was a saloon owned by Joseph W. Leach during the prohibition era of the United States. What makes this interesting is that when you look at photo's of the building itself you would think that it was just some quaint home or a previous business front and it makes you think of just how much Baltimore Street has changed and makes you question the history.
The view into the history of West Baltimore street has you thinking it would be a modern day Frederick Road for Catonsville where all of the main shops are located. or like Main street for Ellicott City where all of the cities history where you can see how times in the earlier eras were with construction. Further more we see with the history of 1530-1535 consisted of the buildngs being multi purpose where one year its a theater and the next its a residence building. As of now some of the building seem to be not used but that may not be correct but over time and after some visits to the area I may be able to resolve the issue.
What got my attention the most was the information that I had found out about 1529 West Baltimore Street. That address at one point in time was a saloon owned by Joseph W. Leach during the prohibition era of the United States. What makes this interesting is that when you look at photo's of the building itself you would think that it was just some quaint home or a previous business front and it makes you think of just how much Baltimore Street has changed and makes you question the history.
The view into the history of West Baltimore street has you thinking it would be a modern day Frederick Road for Catonsville where all of the main shops are located. or like Main street for Ellicott City where all of the cities history where you can see how times in the earlier eras were with construction. Further more we see with the history of 1530-1535 consisted of the buildngs being multi purpose where one year its a theater and the next its a residence building. As of now some of the building seem to be not used but that may not be correct but over time and after some visits to the area I may be able to resolve the issue.
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