| Bugle Field Edison Highway Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore's Negro Baseball league played at a small field known as Bugle Field , just off of Edison Highway, in East Baltimore City. The picture to the right is off the site today, now a industrial plant. |
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| Coliseum Monroe Street Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore had a indoor arena on Monroe Street, a few blocks north of North Avenue, known as the Coliseum. Boxing, sports events, and even roller skating. Check out Adam Paul's incredible page for more on the Coliseum . |
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| Carlin's Park Druid Park Drive Baltimore, Maryland Carlin's is mentioned on Kilduffs both as a Amusement Park and as a Drive in. The park even had facilities for roller skating, a big trend back in the 1950's. |
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| Civic Center Downtown Baltimore Baltimore's Indoor sports arena to this day. There is much talk about replacing the Civic Center, but , for now, it is where you can still see indoor hockey, soccer , bands, and even the circus. |
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| Liberty Hgts Bowling Alley Northwest Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland Bowling alleys popped up all over the City over the years. Kilduffs hopes to have a runnig list up soon of all the old alleys. Most of them have closed but a few have survived. |
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| New Essex Skating Rink Essex Maryland Roller skating became quite a fad back in the 1950's. Here's a promo for a rink in Essex, just East of Baltimore City. |
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| Skateland 3420 Fleet Street Baltimore, Maryland More Roller Skating , this time in Highlandtown , in Southeast Baltimore City. , |
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| Starlite Arena Pennsylvania Avenue Baltimore, Maryland Yet another Skating Rink, this time on Pennsylvania Avenue in West Baltimore City. While the skating rink is no longer operating, the building might still be standing. |
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| Sports Centre North Avenue Baltimore, Maryland I've read a lot about the Sports Centre on North Avenue. There were ice hockey teams from local high school practicing here, ( Poly was only a block away ), and figure skating was also available here as well. The building is gone and now an empty lot occupies the site. |
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| Municipal Stadium Baltimore, Maryland The " earlier " version of Memorial Stadium, the smaller Municipal Stadium was located at 33rd Street and Elleries Avenue in Northeast Baltimore. It was replaced by Memorial Stadium in the 1950's. Below, a parade is seen going by on 33rd Street. |
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| Memorial Stadium Baltimore, Maryland Home of the Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Colts.A real Baltimore Atmosphere here, I can remember the ramps to get to the upper deck. See Adam's site for more information. |
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| Terrapin Park Going under a few names, this was the early ballpark at 29th and Greenmount Avenue. |
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| Pimlico Race Track Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore's Horse racing track, still going strong after all these years. Home of the Preakness . |
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| Havre de Grace
Race Track Havre de Grace, Maryland The old Havre de Grace track in Harford County has long been closed and has beenreplaced by a small military base. Maryland had several small horse racetracks located all over, but only two survive today, Pimlico and Laurel. |
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| Timonium Race Track Baltimore County, Maryland Used every year for the Maryland State Fair. |
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| Westport Race Track ( Cars ) Westport South Baltimore, Maryland miBetween Westport and Cherry Hill, Westport Race TRack was located for years for early Nascar racing. The track is long gone and there is no trace of the old field. |
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