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gizmojito t1_jcc02hx wrote

“iirc” means “if I recall correctly. For parking at AVAM, you can pay to park your car on the street close to the museum. There’s free street parking in the neighborhood closer to Shotti’s (south of Fort Ave.) You might have to drive around a bit to find a spot near there. It all depends on how far you’re able/interested in walking.

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gizmojito t1_jcbpc0v wrote

R House is in walking distance to the BMA. Street parking near there is free and permit restrictions don’t apply on weekends. I think it would be frowned upon to leave your car in the R House lot to go to the BMA (and that lot seems to almost always be full.)

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gizmojito t1_jc92k55 wrote

If art is one of your interests, definitely go to:

1/2 day #1 North Baltimore:

the Baltimore Museum of Art (free admission for main exhibits, with optional ticketed special exhibits.) I found the current Darrell Ellis exhibit really affecting.

Parking: on-site $12 lot OR metered parking across the street (4 hr limit.)

Food: nice, kinda upscale Gertrudes’s Chesapeake Kitchen is located in the museum bldg. There are various casual spots a few blocks away on St Paul St.

Half Day #2 South Baltimore:

American Visionary Arts Museum.] The museum and very unique gift shop are worth the $15.95 admission. While there, climb to the top of Federal Hill Park for a view of the harbor.

Parking: metered street parking on Covington St and Key Hwy. (iirc, the parking limit was quite long.)

Food: 6 blocks away - Shotti’s Point Charm City. if you like French fries, you have to try the Rhino Chaser Fries.

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gizmojito t1_jc8xjgp wrote

No problem. I really enjoyed the tower and would visit again. The limit for street parking in that area is actually 4 hours 😊 If you find other places in the city you might want to visit and are concerned about parking, I recommend using google street view to check out the signage in advance.

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gizmojito t1_jc38emn wrote

The Bromoseltzer Tower is a very unique landmark located on the west side of downtown near the Camden Yards baseball park. On Saturday’s 11-4, you can tour 15 floors of working artists studios and a little museum about the history of the 1911 building (free) For $8, you can climb into the clock room to see the inner workings of the clock close up.

There’s metered street parking on Eutaw St. just north of the tower for a couple dollars / hr. (It varies by block.) There are also nearby garages.

I’d go in the morning and go to Lexington Market for lunch. It’s about a four block walk north up Eutaw St. Get a crab cake there at Faidley Seafood still open in the old market. The entrance is one block west on Paca St., across the plaza from the brand new market building. You’ll walk past the historic Hippodrome Theatre (where Frank Sinatra had his first performance.)

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gizmojito t1_jc2wy27 wrote

You could stay almost a whole day in that area. The Washington Monument is located right there and you can climb to the top lookout level. The Walters Art Museum (free admission) is a block away from the Peabody Library. Three more blocks away is the main branch of the public Enoch Pratt Free Library, which opened in 1933. While not as grand as the Peabody, it’s still pretty neat. The Baltimore Basilica, the nation’s first Roman Catholic cathedral, is right across the street from there. It’s open to just pop into or they have regular guided tours.

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gizmojito t1_ja82w6z wrote

You’re right. This does sound terribly tone-deaf, elitist, and unhelpful because there are very few newer homes available and they are more expensive.

  • Baltimore has the 3rd oldest homes out of all large US Cities.
  • The median residential home age is 75 years.
  • Only 1.7% of Baltimore homes were built after 2014.

https://www.citybiz.co/article/311527/baltimore-has-the-3rd-highest-median-home-age-in-the-u-s/

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gizmojito t1_j6vgx4t wrote

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gizmojito t1_iyrnz50 wrote

Charmingtons is a convenient location for me, one of the main reasons I go there, but I do like their bagels (with butter or smoked salmon, cream cheese, etc if I’m splurging.) They’ve always been nicely toasted. What I really like is their “Buzzilla” - coke, espresso and vanilla syrup. And I have a fondness for them because back in 2016, I sat in there for hours upon hours drinking some coffee but mostly studying for a licensing exam that I ended up passing.

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gizmojito t1_ity5slz wrote

My favorite French fries are at a small corner bar/restaurant Shotti’s Point. They’re hand cut fries mixed with sea salt, garlic, Parmesan, rosemary, thyme, balsamic drizzle, and white truffle aioli.

Nepenthe Brewery also has good fries with your choice of a bunch of sauces /aiolis. They have a surprising number of vegetarian and even vegan options for a brewery.

As someone else mentioned, Jong Kak for jjigae.

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