ART GALLERY, July 25

 ~ WALK WITH ME ~ 

Throughout 2020 and into 2022, we published a random series of posts under the label "Walk With Me".  As a newcomer to the city of Baltimore, I was learning about my new home, all it had to offer ~ and exploring (as best one could do during a pandemic!).  I found beauty, old and new. Culture, great museums, history and architecture, hidden neighborhoods both ethnic and vibrant, things unexpected and all offering so much to resident and visitor alike.  For years, this city has received what one would call "bad press", portrayed harshly in movies and television series, and like most cities even today, it does face huge social/economic/political problems ~ but my hope was that the "Walk With Me" series would show a different side, the good side, for it is here.  

This year, 2023, I've not been able to enjoy as many walkabouts, nearby or in farther reaches of town.  First a fractured ankle put me down temporarily, and now a torn meniscus is taking its time to heal ~ and as with many of you, our spring into summer has had an excessive number of hot, humid or stormy days, and others with orange-to-red smoke filled skies.  None of this is very conducive to being a walker ... but I am hopeful for the time to come soon when each week will find me walking-about.  

Here, a few images ~ all within blocks of where I now live, the Mount Vernon Cultural District.

Garrett Jacobs, restored mansion, now a private foundation.  

Lobby, entrance.

Grand Entrances

Pratt Library, Cathedral Street.  Side entrance to the The Walters Museum, Charles Street.

Hackerman House.  Private foundation/business, restored home.  Both, Mt. Vernon Square.

Holidays at night, Mount Vernon Square.

Baltimore's own "Washington Monument".  And photographed from Charles Street side of The Walters Museum.

My Sister's Garden

Outdoor art, Centre Street.

The Pope John Paul II Garden, Charles Street.

NIPPER

The original RCA pupper, sitting atop the Maryland Center for History and Culture, Centre Street.

When I first moved here, NIPPER dutifully wore a "mask".

Now, thankfully when I walk by and bark hello to him, he is mask-less!

Anonymous 

Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.

Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Should any reader be interested in more images and descriptions for each of these special places, feel free to scroll down on our sidebar to Wandering Around Zoolatry and click on WALK WITH ME for all labeled posts in this category.  Thank you.