I was searching something else and discovered this. I remember spending one summer with my grandparents in Baltimore. I remember my grandmother and I walked about 8 blocks to a huge street where the trolleys ran in the middle of this I think 4 lane street. There was a light and we crossed over and caught the trolley. We ended up in Sparrows Point and had lunch and returned back. I know it was late and I was tired. I believe that was about 1958 or 59. I will be 70 this month and that was something I will never forget as long as I live. Thanks for the post.
My family built and operated the gorgeous Art Deco Ambassador Theatre in 1935 on Liberty Heights, along with dozens of other "neighborhood theatres" in the Baltimore area. The circuit was called Durkee Enterprises. The Ambassador makes an appearance at 6:45 . Alas, The Ambassador is history yet thankfully its sister theatre The Senator (1939) is very much still with us a few miles away on York Road. Both were designed by architect John J Zink. Thanks for this post, it's cool to see the footage.
I grew up not far from what used to be the Ambassador Theatre. I remember it as a skating rink. After that it was a cosmetology school then it fell into disuse.
Can’t get enough of watching these old trolley footage videos.Seemed cities made a big mistake when they scrapped all these lines and went to buses.So much more efficient and streamlined,it was really ahead of its time.
Having been born in Baltimore back in 1950, I recognize a lot of the old street scenes from the city. I lived along the #15 Walbrook Jct. to Overlea streetcar route in west Baltimore and still remember going to sleep at night in the summertime while listening to the singing trolley wires as streetcars rumbled past our house. Thanks for posting this old film footage. Miss those days a lot...
I can't tell you how much I enjoy this having grown up in Baltimore since the early 1960s. I plan to share this with a few people that cherish trains so much. Thanks.
Wow, never expected to see anything like this! Brings back great memories of both the B&O and street cars. I grew up one block off the #8 line through Govans on York Road. Also occasionally rode the Ma and Pa to Fallston.
Thank you for sharing. Look at hardly any traffic . Baltimore back then was a strong city love to see a map of the tracks and the areas they went through.
What a treat! In the Baltimore clips, I saw some of my old stomping grounds: Reisterstown Road, the Belvedere car barn, the Read's at Liberty Heights and Garrison Blvd (where I worked in the early '70s) and more!
We lived by Belle ave and went to school by Gynnoak juntion. That Reads was a big hangout since my older siblings hung there . Used to go to the Ambassador to see movies . Lots of memories there. Sometimes I ll use Google maps and view it at present times .
@@speedracer1945 Sadly, as you've seen on Google, the area is not like it once was and that Read's is long gone. We lived in Pimlico, a couple of blocks from the track and my brother and I worked at the Liberty Heights and Garrison Read's after he ran into problems while working at the Read's in Pimlico. Interesting place to work, for sure.
@@Mxbarry Not anywhere near like it once was. Liberty and Garrison was a safe area, day or night. It sounds like a cliche, but you really could keep your doors unlocked. The footage shown here took place just as the area was on the cusp of major demographic change. An old familiar story - black families moved in and white families stampeded out to the suburbs. Forest Park became a black middle to upper-middle class neighborhood for a while. Then, with an uptick of crime, those families also moved out of the city. Today, Forest Park isn't as bad as some inner city neighborhoods. However, it's a far cry from what it was from its beginning in the 1890s to the end of the 1950s.
@@MarkMiller-i8q Yes indeed, I am well aware. I was born and raised 4 blocks south of the Pimlico racetrack and that area was going down the tubes long before Forest Park did, sadly. I also worked at the Read's at the corner of Liberty Heights and Garrison Blvd for about 18 months, from late 1972 to early 1974 and it wasn't too bad then, but it was also on a downhill slope at that point. Both neighborhoods were beautiful back in the day, for sure. I drove through Forest Park and Pimlico 2 years ago just to check things out and it almost made me cry. I live in Virginia now and still miss what used to be.
@@Mxbarry You might remember Jim Parker's Lounge at Liberty and Garrison, which opened in 1966. Pimlico fared much worse than Forest Park. It spiraled into a war zone. I personally witnessed a young guy gunned down at Shirley and Park Heights over 20 years ago. Pimlico was never what you'd call an upscale area. In fact, it was middle to lower-middle class and some residents were even impoverished. That's important to keep in mind when some blame poverty on what happened to it. It wasn't poverty, it was the culture of violence that permeated the fabric of a once relatively safe area gone to hell.
I was searching something else and discovered this. I remember spending one summer with my grandparents in Baltimore. I remember my grandmother and I walked about 8 blocks to a huge street where the trolleys ran in the middle of this I think 4 lane street. There was a light and we crossed over and caught the trolley. We ended up in Sparrows Point and had lunch and returned back. I know it was late and I was tired. I believe that was about 1958 or 59. I will be 70 this month and that was something I will never forget as long as I live. Thanks for the post.
My family built and operated the gorgeous Art Deco Ambassador Theatre in 1935 on Liberty Heights, along with dozens of other "neighborhood theatres" in the Baltimore area. The circuit was called Durkee Enterprises. The Ambassador makes an appearance at 6:45 . Alas, The Ambassador is history yet thankfully its sister theatre The Senator (1939) is very much still with us a few miles away on York Road. Both were designed by architect John J Zink. Thanks for this post, it's cool to see the footage.
Interesting history thank you!!
I grew up not far from what used to be the Ambassador Theatre. I remember it as a skating rink. After that it was a cosmetology school then it fell into disuse.
@@trubblman Yup, a roller disco? and later, the Ron Thomas School of Cosmetology! ;-)
Can’t get enough of watching these old trolley footage videos.Seemed cities made a big mistake when they scrapped all these lines and went to buses.So much more efficient and streamlined,it was really ahead of its time.
Having been born in Baltimore back in 1950, I recognize a lot of the old street scenes from the city. I lived along the #15 Walbrook Jct. to Overlea streetcar route in west Baltimore and still remember going to sleep at night in the summertime while listening to the singing trolley wires as streetcars rumbled past our house. Thanks for posting this old film footage. Miss those days a lot...
I owned a house a block up on Overlea ave from the street car turn around, which is now a bus turn around back in the 90s.
@@andrewward1887was there an old green new paper Stand there back in the day ?
I can't tell you how much I enjoy this having grown up in Baltimore since the early 1960s. I plan to share this with a few people that cherish trains so much. Thanks.
Wow, never expected to see anything like this! Brings back great memories of both the B&O and street cars. I grew up one block off the #8 line through Govans on York Road. Also occasionally rode the Ma and Pa to Fallston.
My cousins still live around Govan saint dunstans
Thank you for sharing. Look at hardly any traffic . Baltimore back then was a strong city love to see a map of the tracks and the areas they went through.
What a treat! In the Baltimore clips, I saw some of my old stomping grounds: Reisterstown Road, the Belvedere car barn, the Read's at Liberty Heights and Garrison Blvd (where I worked in the early '70s) and more!
We lived by Belle ave and went to school by Gynnoak juntion. That Reads was a big hangout since my older siblings hung there . Used to go to the Ambassador to see movies . Lots of memories there. Sometimes I ll use Google maps and view it at present times .
@@speedracer1945 Sadly, as you've seen on Google, the area is not like it once was and that Read's is long gone. We lived in Pimlico, a couple of blocks from the track and my brother and I worked at the Liberty Heights and Garrison Read's after he ran into problems while working at the Read's in Pimlico. Interesting place to work, for sure.
@@Mxbarry Not anywhere near like it once was. Liberty and Garrison was a safe area, day or night. It sounds like a cliche, but you really could keep your doors unlocked. The footage shown here took place just as the area was on the cusp of major demographic change. An old familiar story - black families moved in and white families stampeded out to the suburbs. Forest Park became a black middle to upper-middle class neighborhood for a while. Then, with an uptick of crime, those families also moved out of the city. Today, Forest Park isn't as bad as some inner city neighborhoods. However, it's a far cry from what it was from its beginning in the 1890s to the end of the 1950s.
@@MarkMiller-i8q Yes indeed, I am well aware. I was born and raised 4 blocks south of the Pimlico racetrack and that area was going down the tubes long before Forest Park did, sadly. I also worked at the Read's at the corner of Liberty Heights and Garrison Blvd for about 18 months, from late 1972 to early 1974 and it wasn't too bad then, but it was also on a downhill slope at that point. Both neighborhoods were beautiful back in the day, for sure. I drove through Forest Park and Pimlico 2 years ago just to check things out and it almost made me cry. I live in Virginia now and still miss what used to be.
@@Mxbarry You might remember Jim Parker's Lounge at Liberty and Garrison, which opened in 1966. Pimlico fared much worse than Forest Park. It spiraled into a war zone. I personally witnessed a young guy gunned down at Shirley and Park Heights over 20 years ago. Pimlico was never what you'd call an upscale area. In fact, it was middle to lower-middle class and some residents were even impoverished. That's important to keep in mind when some blame poverty on what happened to it. It wasn't poverty, it was the culture of violence that permeated the fabric of a once relatively safe area gone to hell.
I wish we could hear the trains. Wow this is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!
This was great!
I agree. Its very nostalgic.
Thanks for the footage it looks like Baltimore was a very clean state back in those days.
Skip Jack Ask my mother she loved her city.
My dad used to operate a street car in Baltimore. I believe it was the number 8 street car.
Old Baltimore md back in the days late 50th look really clean the city wasn't bad back then no dangerous crime. I was born in the 80th
Some of this footage is from Carvey Davis' Films
Looks like Harper's Ferry
THERES ONE IN EVERY CROWD
Old train.
North & Gay !!!damn!!!!