Charm City :: Essays Papers

attract CityThe bitter winds blow off the Chesapeake as we drive the Uhaul elaborate the gray cobblestone street toward our new apartment. My stomach flips with excitement. Im actually piteous to Baltimore. Charm City. The City That Reads. (At least this is what all the bus benches claim, but Im trustworthy many would argue.). The city where a young George Herman Ruth, Jr. swung a delay at a small rubber ball in front of 216 Emory Street and nineteen years later, after signing a beseech with the Orioles, adopted the name Babe. The city where in 1826, an 8 year old F flushederick Bailey retreated from the chains of slavery by learning to read and 21 years later, as Frederick Douglas, published the North Star, an abolitionist newspaper. The city where formerly upon a midnight dreary Edgar Allen Poe pondered, weak and weary and suddenly there came a tapping at his chamber door. The city where Marci Koch, an aspiring artist at 27, unpacked a Uhaul on a brisk wintry day in evidence of 1999.Various structures of different shapes and sizes decorate the Inner Harbor. At night, the darkness defines the abrupt brilliance of towers, glowing wonders reflected in the water. The Lord Baltimore Hotel, once the tallest mental synthesis in Maryland, glows gold, noble and proud. The king on a giant chessboard. The Legg Mason building stands at his side, his reigning Queen. The Bromo Seltzer building glows blue, dark and mysterious. The slender, square column resembles a castle. Clearly his rook. And the others scattered about, his bishops, knights, and pawns. Sprinkled upon red brick sidewalks, restaurants, shops, galleries, and hotels display dazzling signs that shine and flash. Barnes and Nobles, Planet Hollywood, ESPN Zone. The Hyatt, The Hilton, The Sheraton Hotel. The Aquarium, Science Center, and Port Discovery Museum. A huge red and yellow neon guitar sits on top of the Hard Rock Cafe. The set up blink back and forth vibrating in the night sky. I create mentally if it was real, all of Baltimore could hear it playing Big City Nights by the Scorpians.The sounds of the city create a symphony. The soprano squawks of seagulls, saxophones that compliment the deep sounds from ships in the harbor- a long, drawn out