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“The thing you discover about Baltimore is that you do not have to make it up. The city’s full of strange, unpredictable, unpretentious delights-1,000,000 little roadside attractions.
So writes Dan Rodricks in Charm City. Here, the preferred Baltimore Sun columnist explores the decidedly distinctive character of his place of birth.
Baltimore, he informs us, is a revitalized city that boasts the same sort of amenities as other American metropolises-the National Aquarium, the Harborplace market, world-renowned medical facilities and thriving arts organizations, not to mention top-notch sporting venues and first-rate teams to play in them.
And yet, Baltimore has so a lot more to offer.
There’s “Bawlmerese,” the city’s own language A tavern with a stoplight where green means enter. Various charming, historic rowhouses. Crab cakes, French fries with gravy. And those who call you “hon” again and again.
Complementing Rodricks’ observations are hundreds of images by the area’s finest photographers, carefully selected by Roger Miller to lend a hand explore the many unpretentious delights-great and small-that make Baltimore the true Charm City.