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Bugle Field

Edison Highway

Baltimore, Maryland

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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.

Coliseum

Monroe Street

Baltimore, Maryland

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     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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.The end of the old Baltimore Coliseum in 2009

Carlin's Park

Druid Park Drive

Baltimore, Maryland

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   Carlin's is mentioned on Kilduffs both as a Amusement Park and as a Drive in. The park even had facilities for roller skating and ice skating, big trends back in the 1950's.

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Civic Center

Downtown Baltimore

   Baltimore's Indoor sports arena to this day. There was 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 running list up soon of all the old alleys. Most of them have closed but a very few have survived.

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Lafayette Bowling Center

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..Lafayette Bowling Center, currently used as a shop

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Used back in the 1920's for bowling, this building at Greenmount and 33rd was also recently a popular Chinese restaurant.

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This rather odd looking building on York Road at 43rd Street ( Arlington Avenue ) was Guilford Bowling.

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..Recently closed, this was the Seidel Bowling Alley on Belair Road.

Bowling Alleys in Baltimore :
Circa 1940
Arcade Bowling Alley   Second Floor - North Avenue Market
Dundalk Bowling - 1725 Dundalk Avenue
Eastway Bowling Center - 415 South Eaton Street
Franklin Bowling Center - 2560 West Franklin Street
Hamilton Bowling Alleys - rear - 3019 Hamilton Avenue
Harford Bowling Center - 6101 Harford Road
Howard Bowling Alleys - 6 North Howard Street
Imperial Bowling Alleys - 4908 Park Heights Avenue
King Pin Bowling Alley - 2614 Penna Avenue
Lafayette Bowling Alley - 2206 West Lafayette Avenue
Liberty Heights Bowling Academy - 4720 Liberty Heights
Met Bowling Alley - 2501 Penna Ave
Midney Bowling Alley - 2250 Reisterstown Road
New Grand Bowling Alley - 109 West Baltimore Street
New Highland Bowling Alley - 3801 Fleet Street
Plaza Bowling Alley - 315 West Lexington Street
Recreation Centre Corp - 602-10 North Howard Street
Regent Bowling Alley - 420 North Eutaw Street
St Paul Bowling Centre - 1309 St Paul Street
Southern Bowling Alley - 43 East Fort Avenue
Spillway Inc. - 2501 East Monument Street
Strand Bowling Alley - 1321 Penna Avenue
Twenthieth Century Bowling Alley - 1918 Harford Road
Victoria Bowling Alley - 5 Custon House Avenue
Vilma Bowling Alley - 3425 Belair Road
Walbrook Bowling Alley - 3104 West North Avenue
and others listed under the owners names .........

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.

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.

Sports Centre
North Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland

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        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.  From what I could read , the original building appears to have dated back to the 1890's, but was rebuilt in the early 1930's. Also known as the North Avenue Casino  , it housed a ice skating rink which was 75 feet wide and 185 feet long. The outside of the building was reported to have a brilliant display of neon , and inside you could find winter sports, skating, hockey, and more. The building is gone and now an empty lot occupies the site.

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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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Municipal Stadium

Baltimore, Maryland

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  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.

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.Fourth of July fireworks at the Stadium.

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( High School football game ) Baltimore Memorial Stadium

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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.Aerial view of the Pimlico racetrack

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    Between 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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.............................................Remember the Dorsey Speedway ?

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