Travel writer Joshua Kurlantzick spends 36 hours in Baltimore trekking down the
Jones Falls Trail, eating at
Woodberry Kitchen and
Petit Louis, took in a show at the Creative Alliance, did some antiquing and a much more.
Here's an excerpt:
If you watchHBO's police drama "The Wire," you might think that Baltimore is filled with drug dealers and crime ringleaders. But in truth, the city has attracted a different breed of misfits: artists. Lured by cheap rents and warehouse spaces, artists and photographers have flocked there to claim the city as their own. Once rough neighborhoods like Hampden and Highlandtown have been taken over in recent years by studios, galleries and performance spaces. Crab joints and sports bars now share the cobblestone streets with fancy cafes and tapas restaurants. But against this backdrop, there are still the beehive hairdos and wacky museums that give so-called Charm City its nickname.
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