Our good friend, Johns Hopkins (the person, not the institution), who is the Executive Director of Baltimore Heritage, recently presented one of his amazing "Five Minute History" segments on the Christ's Institution Hospital. This was a combination medical school, nursing school, clinic and church for Baltimore's Black population in the early 1900s.
You can see the full five-minute video here.
Thanks, Johns!
Hello Meg, After watching Mr. Hopkins' video, my hat is certainly off to Dr. Kennard, a man clearly ahead of his time, and whose inclusive principles allowed him to achieve miracles. I cannot get over that background picture, with that depressing white building next to what appears to be a park-like vacant lot, with its large tree (growing directly out of the sidewalk?), grass and background shrubbery, although I am guessing that one would not venture there at night. I don't know the original color of the building (it appears to be possibly made of some kind of pressed stone rather than brick) but somehow that white color not only emphasizes the large-scale graffiti, but makes the whole scene shabby and dismal.
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We have something called "Formstone" here in Baltimore. It's basically a cement overlay, troweled on to look like stone, which might be what this building has. This isn't a great section of Bmore, just to the east of the huge prison/jail. And there is SOOO much graffiti these days. It's sad. xo
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