Eutaw Street

Chris Davis is officially on the Eutaw Street board. The Orioles' big slugger cleared the flag court with a 418-foot blast to right in the seventh inning against former Oriole Jim Miller. It was Davis' fourth homer of the season, and the first of his career to land on Eutaw Street. It's the 59 th homer to land there in Camden Yards' history, the 25 th one hit by an Oriole. The last time an Oriole did it was June 7, 2011, by Luke Scott, also against the Oakland A's. Davis' homer gave the Orioles a 10-1 lead Saturday night.

The Baltimore Orioles sued the city yesterday, saying that construction of a publicly financed hotel at the convention center is blocking the main entrance to the Camden Yards baseball stadium and that pedestrian detours would be hazardous for hundreds of thousands of fans. The lawsuit filed in Baltimore Circuit Court seeks an injunction to force the opening of the Pratt Street entrance -- near Babe Ruth Plaza -- for two hours before and after games. Arguments are to be presented at a hearing scheduled Friday.

The nation's oldest black-oriented newspaper will move its headquarters to a midtown Baltimore Charles Street location by the first of the year, the president of the Afro-American Co. of Baltimore City Inc. said yesterday."

The Baltimore Orioles, upset that construction of a city-owned hotel blocks a gateway to the stadium at Camden Yards, agreed yesterday to a city plan for a walkway skirting the development site, making it easier for fans to get to home games. The agreement was announced moments before a scheduled hearing in Circuit Court and prompted the Orioles to drop a lawsuit that the team filed against the city this week. A 25-foot-wide walkway will be built along Howard Street on the west end of the future site of the 752-room, city-financed Hilton Hotel going up in a parking lot next to the Convention Center.

The Baltimore City Department of Transportation has announced several traffic and parking alerts that will be in effect Monday for the Orioles' season-opening baseball game. The Orioles play the Oakland Athletics at 3:05 p.m. Parking restrictions and neighborhood permit parking regulations will be strictly enforced on game day, officials warned. Anyone without a parking permit for the Oriole Park at Camden Yards stadium lots is strongly encouraged to use public transportation. "Mass transit is a great way for O's fans to get to the ballpark," said Alfred H. Foxx, director of the Department of Transportation.

I WALKED SOUTH along Eutaw Street this week and observed the future of this neighborhood -- automobile garages with bland apartment houses stacked on top. These structures are new, clean and, I guess, efficient. But spare me from dwelling in one of these dreary containers. This, I'm afraid, is what the next decade holds for the much discussed West Side of downtown Baltimore. What scares me about the bold plans being rolled out for this surviving and battered chunk of old Baltimore is that when rebuilt, these blocks will wind up resembling the boring, peopleless district we call the Charles Center and so many of the Inner Harbor's dreary side streets.

On October 24, 2003, JEAN I. WICK; beloved wife of the late William "Booty" Wick; loving mother of Lorraine Nipper and her husband Gene, Gerry Bertazon; cherished grandmother of Frankie, Tony, Will, Gene, Jr., and the late Joseph; great-grandmother of Will, Nicole, David and Jon; dear sister of Michael Kolakowski, Shirley Travers and the late Connie Bednarski and the late Lorraine Jenkins. A Graveside Service will be held Monday, at Baltimore National Cemetery, 5501 Frederick Road, Baltimore, at 12:30 P.M. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Joseph Ritchey Hospice, 820 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD. For further inquiries, please call AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 410-242-2211

Baltimore, ready the confetti: City officials announced plans last night for the victory parade tomorrow to celebrate the National Football League champion Ravens. The parade will begin at 11 a.m., at Howard and Pratt streets. It will proceed east on Pratt Street, north on Gay Street, west on Fayette Street and conclude with a celebration at War Memorial Plaza in front of City Hall, where Mayor Martin J. O'Malley will honor coach Brian Billick, owner Art Modell and the team. Traffic on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard headed to southbound Interstate 395 or Russell Street will detour south on Eutaw Street, west on Franklin Street and south on Greene Street to Russell Street or Interstate 395. Traffic on cross streets closed along the route will experience a 30-minute delay as the procession passes, city officials said.

On June 21, 2003 GUERNEY "BUD" GUMM, beloved husband of E. Betty Gumm (nee Rigney), loving father of Richard M. Batz, Susan E. March and Michael J. Batz. Grandfather of Michele, Eric, Kim, Jason , Frank, Brooke and Morgan, great-grandfather of T.J. Lavon, Andre, Derek and Alyssa. Family and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1328 SULPHUR SPRING ROAD, Arbutus, on Monday and Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where a funeral service will be held on Wednesday.

In Baltimore City City to close streets, restrict parking for annual King parade Four city streets will be closed and parking will be restricted for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Parade, which begins at noon today. The annual parade will begin at the State Office Complex at Eutaw and Preston streets and proceed south along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Baltimore Street, where it will disband. The parade will be held rain or shine. Driving and parking will be prohibited on these streets from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.: Eutaw Street from Dolphin Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; Preston Street from Madison Avenue to Eutaw Street; and Madison Street from Dolphin Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.