Centre Street

A block of Centre Street, between Calvert Street and Guilford Avenue, will be closed for four days, beginning at 6 p.m. tomorrow, to make way for the erection of a steel skywalk for the Baltimore Sun building.The closing will allow heavy cranes to lift the steel walkway onto concrete support piers. The skywalk will connect the newspapers' Calvert Street offices with its new Chesapeake Center offices and garage.Traffic eastbound on Centre Street will be detoured one block north on Calvert Street, east on Monument Street, south on Guilford, then east again on Centre.

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It was Baltimore steaming hot even after the sun set, and I didn't get to see the big street protest scene that I came to see filmed for "House of Cards. " But after two hours Wednesday night of standing around on Centre Street with about 40 others, most of whom seemed to have some connection with the Peabody Institute where the crew was filming or were drinking at the Anchor bar across the street, there was Kevin Spacey standing in the street in tuxedo pants and a T-shirt with his suspenders hanging down around his knees.

"House of Cards," a Netflix political drama starring Kevin Spacey, returns to Mount Vernon to finish filming scenes postponed by severe wind and rain last month. According to a notice the producers sent residents and businesses in the Mount Vernon area, filming will start at 7 p.m. Tuesday and end at 10 a.m. Thursday. E. Centre Street will again be closed during part of that time for filming of a crowd scene. "We are filiming  at Peabody Institute and will be closing a portion of E. Centre St. during filming," the notice says.

"House of Cards," a Netflix political drama starring Kevin Spacey, returns to Mount Vernon to finish filming scenes postponed by severe wind and rain last month. According to a notice the producers sent residents and businesses in the Mount Vernon area, filming will start at 7 p.m. Tuesday and end at 10 a.m. Thursday. E. Centre Street will again be closed during part of that time for filming of a crowd scene. "We are filiming  at Peabody Institute and will be closing a portion of E. Centre St. during filming," the notice says.

TCTHE MAN has brought a flute into Ted's Musician Shop on Centre Street downtown. It doesn't work, he says. Expertly, Fernando Roman assembles the instrument and presses the keys."

I have a new favorite prime-time drama: Sidney Lumet's "100 Centre Street." Yes, that Sidney Lumet, the 76-year-old director of such splendid feature films as "Serpico"; "12 Angry Men"; and "Dog Day Afternoon." He created this exquisitely stark series about the grit and grind, life and death, inside New York City's criminal courts at 100 Centre Street. It's A&E's first weekly drama, and I hope it runs forever. The series is so dark it's almost film noir, from the lonely jazz trumpet notes wafting over the opening credits to the deadly consequences that result when characters give in to their passions.

Street closures and parking restrictions will go into effect today for Baltimore's 89th Flower Mart, which runs from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. From 3 p.m. today to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, city officials will close Charles Street from Centre Street to Read Street; Monument Street from St. Paul Street to Cathedral Street; and Madison Street from St. Paul Street to Cathedral Street. As a detour, northbound Charles Street traffic will be sent east on Centre Street, north on Calvert Street, west on Mount Royal Avenue and back onto Charles Street.

Centre Street at Eutaw Street, and Franklin Street at Cathedral Street will close at 7 o'clock tonight so that track for the light-rail system can be installed. The intersections will reopen to traffic at 5 a.m. Sunday.Eastbound traffic on Centre Street will be detoured north on Eutaw, east on Monument Street, south on Cathedral and back to Centre.Westbound traffic on Franklin Street will be directed south on Cathedral to Liberty Street, west on Fayette Street, north on Paca and back to Franklin.

Mulberry Street at Howard Street was to close today because of construction of the light rail system. City transportation officials expect the street to reopen in about two weeks.Traffic is being detoured north on Paca Street, east on Centre Street, south on Cathedral Street then east on Mulberry Street.

It was Baltimore steaming hot even after the sun set, and I didn't get to see the big street protest scene that I came to see filmed for "House of Cards. " But after two hours Wednesday night of standing around on Centre Street with about 40 others, most of whom seemed to have some connection with the Peabody Institute where the crew was filming or were drinking at the Anchor bar across the street, there was Kevin Spacey standing in the street in tuxedo pants and a T-shirt with his suspenders hanging down around his knees.

"House of Cards"  is coming to another major Baltimore institution, Mount Vernon's Peabody Institute, where the producers are expected to film one of the biggest scenes in the first 13 episodes of the series. The $100 million Netflix production, which stars Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, will be at the Peabody starting Tuesday, according to Richard Selden, director of marketing and communication for the institute. The big scene is scheduled to be filmed Wednesday night with part of East Centre Street closed to traffic.

Several Baltimore streets in and around downtown will be closed Sunday for the city's St. Patrick's Day parade and 5K Shamrock Run, the city Department of Transportation announced. The parade is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. from Charles and Centre streets, head south on Charles to Pratt Street and go east on Pratt to Market Place, where it will disband about three hours later, the department said. Parade participants will start gathering at the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon about noon.

A nationally renowned specialist in museum design, Polshek Partnership Architects of New York, has been selected to develop a master plan to guide growth and development of Baltimore's Walters Art Museum campus over the next decade. Museum director Gary Vikan said Polshek was selected over 10 candidates that sought the commission, the first comprehensive planning exercise at the Walters in 11 years. Open since the 1930s with an extensive collection assembled by William and Henry Walters, the city-owned museum began at 600 N. Charles St. and has grown into a campus that includes nine properties on three city blocks stretching along Centre Street.

Several streets will be closed in Mount Vernon starting tomorrow for the Baltimore Book Festival. Mount Vernon Place will be closed between St. Paul and Cathedral streets from 8 a.m. tomorrow to 4 p.m. Monday. North Charles Street will be closed between Centre and Madison streets from 10 a.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Monday. Madison Street between St. Paul and Cathedral streets and North Charles between Madison and Read streets will be closed from 10 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday. Westbound Mount Vernon traffic will be detoured south onto St. Paul Street, west onto Franklin Street, north onto Park Avenue and back to Mount Vernon.

Numerous streets in downtown Baltimore and Mount Vernon will be closed tomorrow for the city's annual Columbus Day parade, which is to begin at 2 p.m. at N. Charles and Centre streets. The parade will proceed south on Charles, east on Pratt Street, south on President Street and east on Fleet Street. It will disband along Central Avenue. According to the city's Department of Transportation: Closed from noon to 4 p.m.: Charles from Madison Avenue to Franklin Street; Mount Vernon Place from Cathedral to St. Paul streets; Centre from Cathedral to St. Paul; Central Avenue from Fleet to Bank streets; Charles from Mt. Vernon Place to Conway Street; Pratt from Charles to President; President from Pratt to Fleet; and Fleet from President to Central.

Construction of a pedestrian skywalk at the Baltimore Sun snarled rush hour traffic near the newspaper's Calvert Street offices today, but officials say the detour should be gone by Wednesday morning.Only one block of Centre Street, between Calvert Street and Guilford Avenue, has been blocked by the construction. But the detour, announced late last week, backed up northbound traffic on Calvert Street, and eastbound traffic on Centre Street.Centre Street traffic is being detoured north on Calvert, east on Monument Street, south on Guilford, then east again on Centre.

Street closures and parking restrictions will go into effect today for Baltimore's 89th Flower Mart, which runs from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. From 3 p.m. today to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, city officials will close Charles Street from Centre Street to Read Street; Monument Street from St. Paul Street to Cathedral Street; and Madison Street from St. Paul Street to Cathedral Street. As a detour, northbound Charles Street traffic will be sent east on Centre Street, north on Calvert Street, west on Mount Royal Avenue and back onto Charles Street.

Several downtown Baltimore streets will be closed and parking restrictions will be in place for tommorow's St. Patrick's Day Parade and Shamrock 5k run. The parade is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. at North Charles and Centre streets and end at Market Place. The city's Department of Transportation says it will close the following streets at noon: North Charles Street from Read to Conway streets and Centre Street from Cathedral to St. Paul streets. Starting at 1:45 p.m., officials will close Pratt Street from Howard to President streets and South Street at Lombard Street.