Eutaw Street

Baltimore: west side Street closures for King parade Several streets in West Baltimore will be closed tomorrow for the annual Martin Luther King Day parade. From 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Franklin Street from Greene Street to Freemont Avenue will be closed; access to westbound Interstate 70 will be permitted. From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., the following streets will be closed: Eutaw Street from Dolphin Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; Preston Street from Madison Street to Eutaw Street; and Madison Street from Dolphin Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

On February 3, 2007; Edna Henrietta Rice. On Friday friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore National Pike, from 3 - 8 P.M. On Saturday, Mrs. Rice will lie instate at City Temple Baptist Church, 317 Dolphin at Eutaw Street, where the family will receive friends from 11 - 12 P.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.

THE PROBLEM -- A sign hanging from a construction fence at the site of the new Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel seems to encourage motorists driving south on Eutaw Street to take a right onto Pratt Street. That would put them going the wrong way on the one-way street. THE BACKSTORY -- Eutaw Street is "open for business" as contractors say on a sign, an attempt to remind people that they can still shop even if a large swath of property is closed north of Camden Yards to make way for the city's new publicly financed hotel.

Mayor Martin O'Malley yesterday unveiled a $54 million proposal to revive the sagging west side of downtown Baltimore by demolishing five buildings, renovating 10 others, raising an 18-story apartment tower, creating dozens of shops and reopening an old theater.The Centerpoint apartment and retail complex, which would be built across from the Hippodrome Theater on North Eutaw Street by October 2002, is designed to transform a run-down block into an arts and cafe district for students and young professionals.

THE OLD TAILOR DOESN'T HAVE THE heart to throw away the winter coats, suits, summer dresses and trousers left behind by those who abandoned the city. Wrapped in cellophane, the garments hang from a dusty clothes carousel that stopped spinning long ago in his North Eutaw Street shop. The three-piece, pin-striped disco suit, the 1960s Gidget petticoat and the cotton seersucker dresses -- the styles of the clothing reveal when their owners left.Over the past 50 years, Sam Boulmetis watched the downtown shopping crowd thin through the front window of his tailor shop as one out of every three Baltimoreans -- 300,000 in all -- found a ribbon of new highway beckoning them to the suburbs.

IT WAS THE BEST OF sausages. It was the worst of lines. That was the scene at the sausage stand as I ate my way around Camden Yards during last week's opening-day baseball game between the Orioles and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.The sausage -- a grilled, foot-long $4.75 number seasoned with garlic and herbs -- was the best thing I ate at the ballpark. It was hot, 160 degrees, according to my instant-read thermometer, and had clean, balanced flavors. It didn't need any help from the mix of onions and peppers that the Italian and chorizo sausages also sold at the stand seemed to rely on.I had a lot of time to study the other sausages because I spent a very long time -- 16 minutes, 20 seconds -- waiting for my garlic and herb sandwich to be served.

Mayor Martin O'Malley's administration is negotiating with developers to try to discourage them from evicting merchants from a planned reconstruction of the struggling west side of downtown.The newly elected mayor, who as a City Councilman voted in May against an ordinance allowing the condemnation of more than 100 buildings as part of the redevelopment effort, wants developers to include as many threatened shopkeepers as possible, Tony White, his spokesman, said yesterday.Three developers have proposed building hundreds of apartments and dozens of shops across from the closed Hippodrome Theater on Eutaw Street.

GRID Properties is not a household name in Baltimore. It is in New York and Philadelphia, though, where the company is constructing two important commercial revitalization projects -- Harlem USA and Jump Street USA.Teaming up with Grid Properties, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is negotiating with Baltimore officials about a proposal that would bring national-brand retailers, a 10-screen movie theater, offices, 345 apartments and 960 parking spaces...

IS IT A good idea to spend millions in taxpayers' money to turn Baltimore's old Hippodrome Theater into a 2,200-seat cultural center?Members of the House Appropriations Committee, touring the abandoned Eutaw Street vaudeville house recently, voiced reservations. They worry that the projected $35 million in renovation costs might go much higher. They also wonder whether the rundown neighborhood would scare away potential theater-goers.Their concerns are justified. Yet legislators ought to give free rein to their imagination and examine the Hippodrome project in a wider context.

Dreams of a $350 million renovation of the west side of downtown took a step toward reality yesterday when the City Council introduced legislation to condemn 127 properties.City leaders hope that taking the properties will spur the greatest downtown business development since the Inner Harbor. Baltimore joins a list of communities across the nation that have increasingly begun using powers of eminent domain to encourage redevelopment.Despite protests two weeks ago from downtown business owners who would lose their properties, the urban renewal legislation for an area city planners call Market Center arrived with little fanfare.

Orioles first baseman Luke Scott hit the night's longest one, his three-run shot landing about 25 feet shy of the first in-game home run off the warehouse in Camden Yards history. But on a night when homers flew out of the 18-year-old ballpark at a dizzying pace, the Orioles simply couldn't keep up with the powerful New York Yankees. Nick Swisher and Eric Hinske hit back-to-back homers off Chris Ray to break a seventh-inning tie and the Yankees hit five of the game's seven homers in a 9-6 victory over the Orioles before an announced 25,782 on Tuesday night at Camden Yards.

One last bird's eye view Orioles manager Dave Trembley again watched the game from an unused broadcast booth as he finished serving the final day of his two-game suspension. Like Friday, bench coach Dave Jauss served as active manager, ending with a 1-1 record in his two-game stint. Toronto bench coach Brian Butterfield also managed Saturday while Cito Gaston missed his second consecutive game because of the death of his sister. Stepping out on Eutaw Luke Scott's fourth-inning homer was the 51st in Camden Yards history to land on Eutaw Street - behind the right-field scoreboard - and 21st hit there by an Oriole.

Sour ending The Orioles' 5-3 loss Sunday ended their bid for the franchise's best interleague record. They finished this season 11-7 against National League East teams, tying their top mark set last year and tied in 1999. The Orioles are 101-128 since interleague play began in 1997 and are 56-60 against the NL at Camden Yards. Hitting 50 on Eutaw Adam Dunn's titanic 442-foot blast in the fourth inning against the Orioles' David Hernandez was the 50th homer to land on Eutaw Street, behind the right-field scoreboard, in Camden Yards' 18-season history.

On June 6, 2009, ROBERT G., husband of the late Juanita Zant. Friends may visit the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue, on Monday after 8:30 AM. The family will receive friends at New Calvary Life Ministries, 1911 Bloomingdale Road, on Tuesday at 10:30 AM. Funeral Services will follow at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Joseph Richey Hospice, 838 N. Eutaw Street, 21201.

Staying hot Right fielder Nick Markakis, who entered the game batting .340, tied his career high with four hits in the Orioles' 10-3 win, pushing his average to .389. He had an RBI double and three singles, including a key RBI hit in the sixth. It was the 10th time in his career he had four hits in a game. Huff visits Eutaw Aubrey Huff's mammoth two-run homer in the third against Jose Contreras broke a scoreless tie. It also marked the second time in his career, and first as an Oriole, that Huff homered onto Eutaw Street beyond the right-field flag court.

A few days before Oriole Park at Camden Yards officially opened in April 1992, the Orioles hosted the New York Mets and former Orioles star Eddie Murray for an exhibition game. Dr. Charles Steinberg, then the club's director of public affairs, saw it as an opportunity to get the two leading home run hitters in club history at the time - Murray and Boog Powell - together for a photo shoot. The trio was in Steinberg's new second-floor office in the B&O Warehouse overlooking right field when Steinberg turned to Murray and said, "Wouldn't it be something if you hit my window today?"

Luke Scott acknowledged that he probably got caught up in the moment. But after watching the Orioles come back from being six runs down before their first at-bat and then erase a one-run deficit in the ninth inning, Scott simply couldn't help himself. So after driving Detroit Tigers reliever Freddy Dolsi's pitch onto Eutaw Street, Scott jogged around the bases, rounded third and spotted a group of jubilant Orioles awaiting him at home plate. Scott took off his helmet and bowled it toward the plate and then slid into home before he was mobbed by teammates.

Royals@Orioles 7:05 p.m. [MASN] This four-game series ends tonight. Around the ninth inning, the ball that Alex Gordon hit onto Eutaw Street on Tuesday night should finally stop rolling. Don't get caught in the stampede to retrieve it.

Motorists using downtown streets tomorrow are being warned of delays caused by to the annual Preakness Parade and a Kenny Chesney concert at M&T Bank Stadium scheduled for the afternoon. Additional events are being held at the Baltimore Convention Center, and city transportation officials said traffic could be heavy from 8 a.m. to midnight. Also, the Maryland Transportation Authority warned that traffic is expected to be heavy along north and southbound Interstate 95 in the city, especially near the downtown and Russell Street exits.

On May 5, 2008, ANN DUNHAM; beloved wife of James Dunham. On today, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore National Pike from 4-8 P.M. On Saturday, Mrs. Dunham will lie in state at Christian Memorial Church, 2001 W. North Avenue where the family will receive friends from 10-10:30 A.M., with services to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations are to be made to Joseph Richey Hospice, 838 N. Eutaw Street (21201). Inquiries to 410-233-2400.