Best of Rob:
Jan 1, 2015 - Loews hotel on Collins Ave., South Beach, Miami
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Jan 1, 15 - A storm brews behind art deco hotels on Collins ave., South Beach, Miami
Best of Rob:
Sept 14 - 'Ma & Pa Inspection car' no. 101 (originally a '37 Buick, rebuilt 1942), the B & O railroad museum, Baltimore
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Sept 14 - C & O Hudson, no. 490 (rebuilt in 1946), B & O railroad museum, Baltimore
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Sept 14 - A photogenic oldie by Baltimore's outer harbour
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Sept 14 - The Brits square off against U.S. Maj. Gen. Sam Smith at this point in '1814 - The Rock Opera', in Patterson park, Baltimore
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Sept 14 - Dolly Madison, in stockings and garters, saves Washington's portrait from the burning of the White house, '1814 - The Rock Opera', Patterson park, Baltimore
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Sept 14 - '1814 - The Rock Opera', the British were coming in Patterson park, Baltimore
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Sept 14 - More Poe - his room (it's assumed) in the early 1830s when he wrote his first short stories, in the home of his aunt and cousins (today it's in the projects), Baltimore
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Sept 14 - Mural in Baltimore
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Sept 14 - In Baltimore
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Sept 14 - Over 20 min.s of fireworks (see all the smoke) for the 'Star spangled spectacular', Baltimore's inner harbour
Best of Rob:
Sept 14 - An American flag in fireworks at the 'Star-spangled-spectacular' celebrations, Baltimore's inner harbour
Best of Rob:
Sept 14 - Part of the 'Star-spangled-spectacular' show at the inner harbour, commemmorating the battle of Baltimore
Best of Rob:
Sept 14 - It's Sept. 1814 and deja vu all over again, animators in an annual parade leave Fort McHenry, Baltimore
Best of Rob:
Sept 14 - A 'star-spangled-banner'-sized flag (with only 15 stars, but with 15 stripes), a replica, waves where it waved on Sept. 14, 1814 at the end of the battle of Baltimore, Fort McHenry, Baltimore
Best of Rob:
Sept 14 - In Fort McHenry (1798-1800, bldgs. rebuilt and enlarged in the 1830s), Baltimore
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Sept 14 - The O'Donnell vault, aka 'the Rosicrucian temple' (@ 1805, early 'Egyptian-revival' style), Westminster burying ground (Presbyterian), Baltimore
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Sept 14 - Medallion on Poe's gravestone, Westminster burying ground, Baltimore
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Sept 14 - Edgar Allan Poe's grave, Westminster burying ground (Presbyterean), Baltimore
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Sept 14 - American 'War of 1812' traditional song singers, performing at the back of the 'Historic Fell's Point visitor centre' (a museum), Fell's Point, Baltimore
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Sept 14 - Sloop-of-war USS Constellation (1854, 2nd oldest boat in the U.S. Navy, active during the U.S. Civil war) in Baltimore's inner harbour
Best of Rob:
Sept 14 - Iron ballast in the hull of sloop-of-war USS Constellation, 2nd-oldest ship in the U.S. Navy (1854), Baltimore harbour
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Sept 14 - Statue of local icon Ray Lewis by the M&T Bank football stadium, Baltimore
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Mar 14 - Thomas Paine memorial (dating from 1923) at the site of his death (in 1809), Greenwich village, NYC
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Mar 14 - Bldg topped with a temple-like structure, typical in Manhattan
Best of Rob:
Mar 14 - The ramp gallery, at the 'Italian Futurism' show in the Guggenheim museum (architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959), NYC
Best of Rob:
Mar 14 - Painstaking graffiti on a poster ad in Manhattan
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Jan 14 - In a vintage phone booth with instructions for entry into PDT ('Please Don't Tell', a prohibition-era-style speakeasy) from 'Crif Dogs' (a gourmet hot dog shop), in the East Village, NYC
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - In 'The Blind Barber bar', a new prohibition-era style speakeasy, entered through a door in the back wall of a barbershop ('the Blind Barber') in the East Village, NYC
