Chesapeake City, Maryland



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    Chesapeake City is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 787 at the 2000 census. The town was originally named by Czech colonist Augustine Herman the Village of Bohemia (or Bohemia Manor), but the name was changed in 1839 when the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was built. Today, the town contains numerous old homes from that era that have been converted in to bed & breakfasts, restaurants, and the local historical museum. Chesapeake City is located at 39°31′40″N, 75°48′44″W (39.527826, -75.812270). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²), of which, 0.6 square miles (1.5 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (19.72%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 787 people, 330 households, and 228 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,393.1 people per square mile (542.6/km²). There were 371 housing units at an average density of 656.7/sq mi (255.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.92% White, 3.56% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.51% from other races, and 0.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were

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    City Contained By:

    • Cecil County
    • Maryland

    Timezones:

    • North American Eastern Time Zone

    Size:

    • 1.81299167724 km squared

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    What information do I give to the person sending me money via western union?
    Question:
    Hi, I am using western union for the first time to receive money and I want to make sure that I have everything right. This is all the information I'll need, right? First name: ****** Last name: ****** City: Elkton Province/state: Maryland Country: USA Another quick question, I live in Chesapeake City, and thats what it says on my ID. But the closest western union is in elkton (about 3 miles away) which is on my way to work. So should I put Elkton as the city, since thats where I will be receiving the money, or should I put Chesapeake City, since that is my actual residence?

    Answer:
    Put the city that's on your ID. The folks in Elkton will know that they're the closest to your town.

    Where to go in Virginia to buy soft shell crabs?
    Question:
    Several years ago we went on vacation in Maryland and learned about Crisfield, Md. We bought soft shelled crabs and brought home in a cooler. Can someone tell what city or cities in Virginia on the west coast of Chesapeake Bay that I can go to and also buy soft shell crabs to transport back to Tennessee? Do you also know a market that you suggest?

    Answer:
    This might be easier than the long drive and tolls. "Fresh Seafood" FreshSeafood@hotshoppingnewsletter.com For some reason it won't put the whole address on the front page nor a link. So, we'll do it this way Fresh Seafood at hotshoppingnewsletter (dot com)

    We need visually interesting places in Maryland.?
    Question:
    We are making a documentary film . We will be interviewing quite a few people about breast cancer, community involvement, and raising money to fight breast cancer. The subject is dry (boring), so we hope some visually interesting (odd or historic or bright or fun or landmarks etc...) background shots will help. ESPECIALLY interior shots, maybe a funky restaurant, a tiny church, a long since closed theater, the foyer of an office or apartment building, an unusual musuem. Also we need some exterior shots like a covered bridge, a long since closed a amusement park-drive inn theater, a waterfall etc... If you know of any interesting visual places please post them... We would like to film as far north as North Ave in Baltimore, west to Ellicott City -Columbia, East to the Chesapeake, South to Jessup, Severn, Glen Burnie. Thanks!!

    Answer:
    well i was born and raised in maryland and i think howard county is a good small place b/c all of the places are close by and we have little fun resuratnts and in the schools everyone knows everyone. maybe try there.

    Brak wants to know, "Are you afraid to drive over a suspension bridge"?
    Question:
    In light of the Minneapolis bridge collapsing. Does it make you nervous driving on larger bridges that are long and go up real high like the Chesapeake bay bridge fron Kent Island to Annapolis, MD. I used to drive on the Bay Bridge in Maryland a lot and it didn't bother me. I'd take that bridge going to ocean city, md. I also took the Delaware memorial Bridge to Atlantic city and that was a high bridge too.

    Answer:
    yes! it has always bothered me and now since seeing the bridge in Minneapolis just made my fear even worse!

    where did the steel industry emerge?
    Question:
    1 - new york city 2- the appalacian mountains 3 - western pennsylvania & eastern ohio 4 - the chesapeake bay region 5 - western maryland & eastern virginia

    Answer:
    3

    Essay?! easy 10 points:))?
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    just tell me if it's good or not and please read it! how can i make it better?? Do you know how and for what reasons the first 13 colonies of North America were found? Many of us today don’t know why these colonies were established, but we should because it’s an extremely important event in history. Many of the first settlers in the North America came from England, they came for reasons such as these: wanted land to plant on, religious freedom, wanted to become rich or famous, needed a new beginning, wanted to escape paying debts and others. The first successful settlement was Jamestown, Virginia and then other colonies arose. The 13 colonies of North America are: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut (New England Colonies), New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania (Middle Colonies), Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia (Southern Colonies). Each of these colonies have different laws, government, religious beliefs, way of life and how they were set up. First, lets talk about the New England Colonies and the first successful settlement Jamestown, Virginia. During the 1580s English had tried a couple of times to establish a colony on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, but their attempts failed. Later, The Virginia Company was developed, it was a joint-stock company. In December 1606 they began their journey and on April 1607 they entered the Chesapeake Bay. They named their new settlement Jamestown in honor of their king who granted them the right to organize settlement. The colony was build on a peninsula so it could defend itself from attack but many died do to disease, hard labor, weather and hunger. With the Virginian leader John Smith the colony survived 2 years, but it was later John Rolfe who learned how to grow tobacco and saved the colony. Virginia had made a great profit growing tobacco, then many others came to the colony and House of Burgesses was formed to let people have a say in their government. Groups of people came to the New England Colonies in order to find religious freedom. At that time many people disagreed with the practices of the Anglican Church and wanted to reform it, those people were called Puritans. Others who wanted to leave and set up their own churches were called Separatists (Pilgrims). Separatists were later persecuted in England which caused them to flee to Netherlands. They did not stay their long causing to lack of jobs, so they made an arrangement with the Virginia Company to settle in North America for free religious practice. One of the New England Colonies is Massachusetts. It was founded for religious freedom by John Carver, William Bradford and John Winthrop, and settled during 1620-1630. Second colony is New Hampshire, it was founded because of profit of trade and fish by Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason and settled in c.1620. Another colony is Rhode Island, which was founded for religious freedom by Roger Williams in 1636. Last of the colonies is Connecticut which was founded in 1635 by Thomas Hooker because of profit from fur trade, farming; religious and political freedom. Second, the Middle Colonies, that also play a huge role. The first colony is New York, it was founded by the Dutch settlers in1624 to expand trade. The colony had a really an excellent harbor that the English wanted to acquire. So in 1664 they attacked and Peter Stuyvesant who was the governor surrendered because he was not prepared for the battle. King Charles II the gave this colony to his brother Duke of York, who renamed it New York. New York became a proprietary colony. Later, the colony became widely populated and demanded a representative government. The English government allowed New York to elect a legislature starting in 1691. A different colony is New Jersey, it was founded by John Berkeley and George Carteret during 1638 and gained profit from selling land. The colony did not gain much success and became a royal colony. Another colony is Delaware, it was founded by Swedish settlers in 1638 in order to expand trade. Last Middle Colony is Pennsylvania founded by William Penn in 1682 and gained profit by selling land/ religious freedom. Penn belonged to a Protestant group of dissenters called Quakers. They believed that everyone was equal in god’s view, had toleration towards other beliefs and were pacifists. Penn wrote the city’s first constitution and believed that settlers should pay for land(since it’s the Native America’s). He also encouraged others to come by advertising in different languages and granted the colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislative assembly. Finally, The Southern Colonies that were founded for different reasons. The colony of Maryland was lead by Cecil Calvert son of George Calvert who always wanted to create a safe place for the Catholics. Cecil had sent two of his brothers to rule the colony when he gained it in1634. They at first turned to tobacco as the main crop knowing it saved Virginia, but planted corn as well. The city Baltimore founded in 1729 had became Maryland’s largest port and settlement. As you know there were conflicts between colonies and one was the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania. It was soon resolved but another conflict arose when Calverts had welcomed Protestants in Maryland. As you know the colony of Virginia became very wealthy and it kept on growing. William Berkeley had made an agreement that for a piece of land he would keep his settlers out of the Native American lands. Nathaniel Bacon, a leader of the western part of Virginia did not agree. He and others had settled in Native American lands and set fire to the capital Jamestown. It was known as the greatest rebel ever. Bacon’s sudden illness and death was the only thing that kept him from taking charge of Virginia. A new proprietary colony was set up called Carolina. It was ruled by eight prominent members of kings court. They divided the colony and each ruled one part. John Locke was the one to write constitution for the colony. The people of the colonies disagreed and went they’re separate ways creating North Carolina and South Carolina. The Carolina’s was the colony who had many rice fields and more than half of the population were enslaved Africans. In 1729 the Carolinas became two royal colonies. The last colony and final colony is Georgia. It was founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe for religious freedom; protection against Spanish Florida and a safe home for debtors. This was a safe colony if you had not payed your debts. In Conclusion, I hope that you understand how important it is to know about the history of these colonies and reasons for their findings. Each of the colony had something different about it and unique. Each colony also has different religions, crops, culture and clothing. This all depends on where and how the colony was developed. From this essay you should have learned who was the founder of the colony, why it was established and in what year it was set up.

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    It's decent, but not exceeding. First off, I wouldn't start with a question such as yours. Make it interesting. Grab the readers attention rather then just state the boring facts. I am in 8th grade and we recently finished a lesson on the 13 Colonies, and all of your information is well-organized and correct. However, try to use different transitions other than, next, second, in conclusion.I also noted that your second paragraph was a bit lengthy. Try dividing it into different sections rather than one big blob. In your sentences I noticed you used the term 'and' a lot and words such as "another colony." In my opinion, that is not a very formal way of writing. In you concluding paragraph, you stated that you hoped readers understanded the concept of your piece. I don't think you should type whether or not they learned anything or not. But, you did sum up your points which is good. Overall, you are a good writer and are straight to to point. However, I suggest you put a bit more descriptive and engaging words in your piece to make readers more interested. You simply just state fact after fact after fact. I hope this helped you in a way! Keep up the good work. - Sara

    This is from the Washington Post! And you wonder why?
    Question:
    Georgetown's Hidden History First, it was a slave port. Later, it was a thriving center of black life. Today, it's a virtually all-white enclave. Why? Georgetown's Hidden History First, it was a slave port. Later, it was a thriving center of black life. Today, it's a virtually all-white enclave. Why? By Andrew Stephen Sunday, July 16, 2006; B01 Two negro men $300 One ditto woman $150 Four ditto girls $150 Two horses $200 Two cows $30 It was a shocking discovery . Flipping through files at the local library a few months ago for a school project, my 16-year-old son chanced upon the deeds of the house in which we live. He already knew it was one of the oldest in Georgetown; now he learned that in 1807, it was owned by a Thomas Turner and valued at $3,500. But it was the valuation of this other property, listed so matter-of-factly in the records, that stopped him cold: Slaves, he realized, had once lived in our house. This awful knowledge set him on a quest for the hidden history of Georgetown, exposing unpalatable truths that had been lost, if not willfully forgotten, over the decades: that the supposedly chic Georgetown of today had once been the center of a thriving slave trade, a significant port of call for traffickers in human flesh transported in from Africa and plantations in Maryland and Virginia. Yet so obscured has this history become that not even most Washingtonians are aware of it. Nor are they aware of the flourishing black community, mostly descended from those slaves, that once occupied a large portion of Georgetown -- until a combination of legislative, social and economic pressures gradually forced nearly all the black people out, turning the neighborhood into the wealthy, effectively all-white enclave it is today. My son's research unearthed one part of this forgotten narrative of our neighborhood. A second hint lay in a curious Georgetown phenomenon that had always puzzled us: the continuing existence of several thriving black churches, filled every Sunday morning with African Americans who do not actually live here. The history of our own house, though, still seemed surreal -- until, that is, very recently. Deep in the bowels of our house, there is a crude crawl space beneath the basement, a darkly mysterious place in which it is impossible to stand upright. It is filled with an ancient cesspit, cavities, brickwork and ledges that I had vaguely assumed served some long-forgotten purpose; one of my least-favorite tasks is crawling into it to remove the bodies of our share of the huge Norway rats that swarm all over the neighborhood. A month or so ago, an electrician had to crawl into the space, and afterward I apologized that he'd had to do so. "No problem," he replied. "You can see that was where slaves did the cooking." For me, at least, the penny suddenly dropped. In that space below my house where only rats now live, we concluded, fellow humans had almost certainly cooked for Mr. Turner and his family -- and may even have slept there, too. This thought brought home to my family and me some realities of U.S. history that so many white Americans choose either not to know or to forget: the roots of racial animosity and why their legacy persists to this day. Lest we forget, there were neither blacks nor whites in Georgetown -- then known as Tahoga -- before British settlers came ashore around 1696. It was a peaceful village inhabited by the Nacotchanke Indians. Straightforward facts and precise dates of Georgetown history are difficult to establish; much of the subject is undocumented, and accounts differ. But the basic story is indisputable. The Indians were soon expunged by the settlers. Then, in the 18th century, white entrepreneurs realized that huge sums of money could be made from the insatiable demand -- in both Europe and the United States -- for the tobacco cultivated in Virginia and Maryland (of which Georgetown was then a part). Because of its position on the Potomac, Georgetown provided an ideal port from which ships laden with tobacco could sail to Europe; by the end of the 18th century, it was just about the largest tobacco port in the United States, an economic powerhouse to which slaves were brought to provide labor and to service the households of the tobacco merchants. Slavery, of course, is as old as humanity. European powers -- first Portugal, followed by Spain, France and Britain -- began abducting men and women from Africa to work as slaves in the New World. To its everlasting shame, Britain, my own country, was responsible for the transport of probably more than a million slaves, many of them to work in the sugar fields of the Caribbean. But at the point when English abolitionists were finally forcing an end to my country's slave trade, America's exploitation of slaves on its soil had not even reached its zenith. The year of Britain's Abolition of the Slave Trade Act -- 1807 -- has a special resonance for me, as it is the very year when Thomas Turner owned those seven slaves. I shudder to realize that just a two-minute walk from my house, a white man named John Beattie conducted a highly successful slave-trade business on what is now O Street, just east of Wisconsin Avenue, that flourished well into the second half of the 19th century. Blacks thus became essential economic tools for the development of Georgetown, but were simultaneously feared and rejected socially. The first Georgetown law to oppress them came as early as 1795, forbidding them to congregate in groups of seven or more. The 1800 Census showed that, in a population of 5,120 in Georgetown, there were already 1,449 slaves and 277 "free blacks." There was a lone exception to the congregating law: Blacks could go to church on the Sabbath. But they were still kept rigidly separate from whites. St. John's Episcopal Church, established in 1816 at 33rd and O streets NW, had an outdoor staircase built especially for blacks; it's still there today. That same year, hardly surprisingly, a handful of free black men managed to start their own tiny church -- which was to become Mount Zion United Methodist Church, one of the churches that remain a potent black force in Georgetown today. It was another half-century, though, before Mount Zion was allowed to have its own black minister. Its burial crypt, still visible at the church's cemetery at 27th and Q streets NW, was reputed to be a hiding place for escaped slaves fleeing to the North via the Underground Railroad. I imagine that at least the girls who formed part of the property of my house in 1807 were still alive when the 1848 "Black Code; Ordinances of the Corporation of Georgetown" was introduced. It is hard to convey the viciousness of the laws, so I will confine myself to just three examples: The code decreed that any black person swimming in the Potomac or Rock Creek at night "shall be publicly whipped"; that any black person who watched a cockfight could be punished with as many as 39 lashes; and that even flying a kite was punishable by whipping. That same year, 77 slaves tried to escape this kind of oppression on a ship called the Pearl; furious owners sent a posse on a steamer called the Salem to recapture them, and it caught up with the Pearl 140 miles downriver. The black flight from Georgetown was already beginning. But blacks were still being bought and sold here as late as November 1861. The next year, President Abraham Lincoln signed a local law that freed slaves eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation. Furious white merchants demanded compensation, and an "expert examiner of slaves" was brought in. After examining their teeth and general health, he assessed the overall value of the slaves of Georgetown, D.C., at $300,000. Georgetown's whites then voted against a Negro Suffrage Bill by 712 to 1, passing a motion describing it as "wholly uncalled for, and an act of grievous oppression." Blacks from the South, anticipating freedom, nonetheless poured into Georgetown. Between 1865 and 1870, its black population increased from 1,935 to 3,271. Over the next two or three decades, a skilled black working class started to emerge alongside a handful of black professionals. But countless laws and regulations that continued well into the 20th century prevented true economic and social emancipation: Only white passengers were allowed to ride on Georgetown's new electric streetcars, for example, enabling them to commute to Washington for well-paying jobs that were effectively denied to blacks. Then came a series of economic blows that began to seal the fate of Georgetown's blacks. The Potomac silted up, virtually ending the industrial effectiveness of Georgetown's harbor. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which flowed through Georgetown and was crucial to many businesses such as flour and paper mills, flooded disastrously in 1889. Blacks were the first to lose their jobs when countless firms went bust. By 1910, the black population of Georgetown had peaked, and when the Great Depression struck 19 years later, more and more blacks found themselves displaced by whites taking menial jobs. Perversely, FDR's New Deal then began to work against blacks in Georgetown. Thousands of well-paid white government workers poured into Washington, creating further demand for housing and pushing property prices ever higher in Georgetown. "The dispossession of the Negro resident [of Georgetown]," the Conference on Better Housing Among Negroes reported, "is jointly managed by the city's leading realtors and their allied banks and trust companies." Two pieces of legislation passed in the 20th century by none other than Congress itself, though, were the final straws for Georgetown's blacks. The ostensible purpose of the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act of 1934 was to get rid of slums; but I suspect that to a House with only one black member and a Senate with none at all, slums and blacks were synonymous. Then, in 1950, Congress passed the Old Georgetown Act "to preserve and protect places of historic interest," but it had the effect of making Georgetown's gentrification legally enforceable. It was pushed through despite fears from "Negro groups," The Washington Post reported at the time, that it "might drive them from the area." Less than a decade later, Georgetown's black population had dwindled to fewer than 3 percent, and in 1972 The Post noted that fewer than 250 remained, "so few that some Georgetown residents are unaware they are there." Blacks were thus becoming invisible by the time the likes of Democratic doyenne Pamela Harriman started creating Georgetown's all-white "social salons" of such ludicrous legend. Indeed, racism was so entrenched in the nation's capital that even the glamorous young Sen. John F. Kennedy voluntarily signed a deed containing a "restrictive covenant" when he bought his house on N Street NW in 1957, agreeing that the home should not "ever be used or occupied or sold, conveyed, leased, rented, or given to Negroes or any person or persons of the Negro race or blood." Which brings us full circle to 2006. My son and I went to Mount Zion church on a recent Sunday morning and met an 84-year-old black parishioner named Carter Bowman, who was born in Georgetown but who long ago moved out. With neat serendipity, we met three generations of Bowmans because his son and grandson, who attends university in England, happened to be visiting. But if you go three generations in the reverse direction, you find that all of Carter Bowman's great-grandparents were born and raised when slavery was at its most intense in Georgetown. For all I know, they could have resided in that crude basement in my house, or someplace like it. Knowing what I know now, I found it strangely moving when the Rev. Robert Slade, chief pastor at Mount Zion -- who doesn't live in Georgetown -- told my son that "when we didn't have anything, the church was our everything. . . . When there was nothing and no place to go, [it] was the one place to go." Slade's words, to us, explain why the emotional bonds to the black churches in Georgetown remain so strong. It took a 16-year-old to bring all these realities of life in Georgetown, past and present, home to me. As a foreigner who remains deeply attached to America, I find it bewildering how so self-reverential a country can proclaim that all men are created equal but then proceed to implement racist oppression that manifestly expresses the reverse. The truth that my son and I discovered is that for many decades, blacks in Georgetown were treated little better than rats. He will never forget that, and neither will I. newstatesman@usa.net Andrew Stephen is the U.S. editor of the New Statesman magazine.

    Answer:
    Don't know why you're so bent out of shape about something that took place so long ago. I'd be willing to bet that this info has no impact on your life financially, spiritually or even physically. Yes, people made some horrendous mistakes in the past...but if you constantly dwell on what has happened you will never be able to change what should be. We all know that slavery was accepted at one time here in the U.S. and I personally wouldn't condone it if it was still in existence today. I abhor the notion altogether. But that practice was ended by Abe Lincoln. And what about the slave owners in Africa and the middle east today? Wouldn't your passion for this subject serve people better if it were applied to current circumstances? You were never a slave so why not help prevent others from knowing what being a slave is like? People that throw this in my face all the time earn no points with me because they, nor I, have a legitimate frame of reference. Let it go. Teach what was so it will never happen again and encourage kids to become something bigger and better. Life's too short so grab the best you can and do something constructive with it.

    Where to go in Virginia to buy soft shell crabs?
    Question:
    Several years ago we went on vacation in Maryland and learned about Crisfield, Md. We bought soft shelled crabs and brought home in a cooler. Can someone tell what city or cities in Virginia on the west coast of Chesapeake Bay that I can go to and also buy soft shell crabs to transport back to Tennessee? Do you also know a market that you suggest?

    Answer:
    All the places in Virginia that I could recommend for soft shell would be on the Eastern Shore.

    We need visually interesting places in Maryland.?
    Question:
    We are making a documentary film . We will be interviewing quite a few people about breast cancer, community involvement, and raising money to fight breast cancer. The subject is dry (boring), so we hope some visually interesting (odd or historic or bright or fun or landmarks etc...) background shots will help. ESPECIALLY interior shots, maybe a funky restaurant, a tiny church, a long since closed theater, the foyer of an office or apartment building, an unusual musuem. Also we need some exterior shots like a covered bridge, a long since closed a amusement park-drive inn theater, a waterfall etc... If you know of any interesting visual places please post them... We would like to film as far north as North Ave in Baltimore, west to Ellicott City -Columbia, East to the Chesapeake, South to Jessup, Severn, Glen Burnie. Thanks!!

    Answer:
    Maryland is pretty boring, Try the Baltimore Inner Harbor, maybe the Mormon Church off of the Beltway in Montgomery County, Its Huge and has 4 massive Spires, Many people take boat rides from Baltimore to St. Michael's on the Eastern shore, they have a nice crab restaurant over there, Annapolis and Ellicott city still have many of their old buildings still standing dating back to the 1700's, Jessup is where Giant Food warehouses are that provide food for most of its stores, also that is where the State Penitentiarys are, Glen Burnie is pretty trashy. You might see some weird people there

    We need visually interesting places in Maryland.?
    Question:
    We are making a documentary film . We will be interviewing quite a few people about breast cancer, community involvement, and raising money to fight breast cancer. The subject is dry (boring), so we hope some visually interesting (odd or historic or bright or fun or landmarks etc...) background shots will help. ESPECIALLY interior shots, maybe a funky restaurant, a tiny church, a long since closed theater, the foyer of an office or apartment building, an unusual musuem. Also we need some exterior shots like a covered bridge, a long since closed a amusement park-drive inn theater, a waterfall etc... If you know of any interesting visual places please post them... We would like to film as far north as North Ave in Baltimore, west to Ellicott City -Columbia, East to the Chesapeake, South to Jessup, Severn, Glen Burnie. Thanks!!

    Answer:
    Glen Burnie: BWI Airport, Observation Park on Dorsey Road

    We need visually interesting places in Maryland.?
    Question:
    We are making a documentary film . We will be interviewing quite a few people about breast cancer, community involvement, and raising money to fight breast cancer. The subject is dry (boring), so we hope some visually interesting (odd or historic or bright or fun or landmarks etc...) background shots will help. ESPECIALLY interior shots, maybe a funky restaurant, a tiny church, a long since closed theater, the foyer of an office or apartment building, an unusual musuem. Also we need some exterior shots like a covered bridge, a long since closed a amusement park-drive inn theater, a waterfall etc... If you know of any interesting visual places please post them... We would like to film as far north as North Ave in Baltimore, west to Ellicott City -Columbia, East to the Chesapeake, South to Jessup, Severn, Glen Burnie. Thanks!!

    Answer:
    Once upon a time there was an amusement part called Enchanted Forest in Ellicott City. Today, several of the old displays have been refurbished and are located at Clark's Elioak Farm (http://www.clarklandfarm.com/2006%20ENCHANTED%20FOREST.htm) . I think the contrast of such an adult subject with a bright, youthful background could be interesting.

    We need visually interesting places in Maryland.?
    Question:
    We are making a documentary film . We will be interviewing quite a few people about breast cancer, community involvement, and raising money to fight breast cancer. The subject is dry (boring), so we hope some visually interesting (odd or historic or bright or fun or landmarks etc...) background shots will help. ESPECIALLY interior shots, maybe a funky restaurant, a tiny church, a long since closed theater, the foyer of an office or apartment building, an unusual musuem. Also we need some exterior shots like a covered bridge, a long since closed a amusement park-drive inn theater, a waterfall etc... If you know of any interesting visual places please post them... We would like to film as far north as North Ave in Baltimore, west to Ellicott City -Columbia, East to the Chesapeake, South to Jessup, Severn, Glen Burnie. Thanks!!

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    some of the best vistas are along bmore's inner harbor, you can find lots of interesting people to interview and capture good background and b-roll footage at the same time. try the washington monument (not to be confused with the big one in D.C.), it's just off the beaten path, near the north part of inner harbor.

    We need visually interesting places in Maryland.?
    Question:
    We are making a documentary film . We will be interviewing quite a few people about breast cancer, community involvement, and raising money to fight breast cancer. The subject is dry (boring), so we hope some visually interesting (odd or historic or bright or fun or landmarks etc...) background shots will help. ESPECIALLY interior shots, maybe a funky restaurant, a tiny church, a long since closed theater, the foyer of an office or apartment building, an unusual musuem. Also we need some exterior shots like a covered bridge, a long since closed a amusement park-drive inn theater, a waterfall etc... If you know of any interesting visual places please post them... We would like to film as far north as North Ave in Baltimore, west to Ellicott City -Columbia, East to the Chesapeake, South to Jessup, Severn, Glen Burnie. Thanks!!

    Answer:
    Too bad you're not headed to Garrett County, but oh, well. For the area where you're working, an obvious target, if I may use that word, is Ft. Meade and the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cryptology Museum. On the NSA website, click on the museum tab for directions (it is on Rt. 32 just north of Odenton, MD). Nearby (Rt. 175 -Jessup Rd) is the Maryland Wholesale Food Center -a huge distribution complex whose patrons bring in and ship out food from all over. Now up to Ellicott city, home of the All Saints Sisters -an Episcopal Convent where the contemplative nuns make everything from communion wafers to greeting cards (by hand). Very pretty grounds, there. Now downtown Balto. Sisson's on Cross Street, across from the Cross St. Market, is a favorite and recognized watering hole. For that matter, the market itself -and any other Baltimore market are good bets, except for the Lexington Market which is way too touristy. Go to Fells Point where you'll find Bertha's Restaurant and Bar, the Wharf Rat and other local hang outs with local color. Check web sites for directions. Not too far away, is Cafe Hon so-called because city waitresses call everyone, "Hon." : http://cafehon.ezsitemaster.com/ where you will note the address as: "1002 W. 36th Street Bawlmer, Murlin 21211" "Bawlmer" is Baltimorese for "Baltimore" and "Murlin" is really, "Maryland." Likewise, the Druid Hill zoo, which has giraffes, is locally named the Droodle zoo, where people go to see the g'raffs. In harbor place at this time of year various street entertainers perform right on the waterfront between the Light St. and Pratt St. Pavilions -some footage of them will be interesting. There is also the USS Constellation docked there, substantially restored. A 5 minute walk east to the National Aquarium, a magnificent marine "zoo." And 5 minutes west is "Oriole Stadium at Camden Yards," arguably the most beautiful baseball stadium in the country. And remember, Babe Ruth's baseball career started with the "birds." Just south of it is the Raven's stadium (named for a bank, probably). And nearby to both is the B&O (Chessie) railroad museum. In that area long the skyline you'll see the Bromo Seltzer tower. Really. While were at it, how about a visit to Edgar Allen Poe's house and grave: http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/historic/poehouse.html. Many folks don't know this, but the Ravens football team is named for Poe's "Raven." Dare I forget "the block," home to sexual emproiums of all kinds and bordered, curioulsy enough, by "Gay St." I couldn't make that up. See this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Block_(Baltimore) for more info. Perfectly safe to go there. And of course, Johns Hopkins -the original hospital at 600 N. Wolf st. Check out the statue as you go in the front. Now back down town, at the end of the Jones Falls Expressway is the famous shot tower. If you want more info, I can give you a name and number of someone who probably has a grip on the really obscure but interesting stuff -use my email link for that. Dare I forget Annapolis?! St. Annes in the circle should take care of your church requirement, and at the city dock you will find many quirky enough places. Hope you enjoy!

    We need visually interesting places in Maryland.?
    Question:
    We are making a documentary film . We will be interviewing quite a few people about breast cancer, community involvement, and raising money to fight breast cancer. The subject is dry (boring), so we hope some visually interesting (odd or historic or bright or fun or landmarks etc...) background shots will help. ESPECIALLY interior shots, maybe a funky restaurant, a tiny church, a long since closed theater, the foyer of an office or apartment building, an unusual musuem. Also we need some exterior shots like a covered bridge, a long since closed a amusement park-drive inn theater, a waterfall etc... If you know of any interesting visual places please post them... We would like to film as far north as North Ave in Baltimore, west to Ellicott City -Columbia, East to the Chesapeake, South to Jessup, Severn, Glen Burnie. Thanks!!

    Answer:
    maybe you should consider some places on the eastern shore- like the imperial hotel or the prince theatre in chestertown. great locations, among MANY others in the area- and the bay is just a few feet away.

    where did the steel industry emerge?
    Question:
    1 - new york city 2- the appalacian mountains 3 - western pennsylvania & eastern ohio 4 - the chesapeake bay region 5 - western maryland & eastern virginia

    Answer:
    Western pennsylvania promite to coal....water...iron


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