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Senator Theater
The Senator Theater Open in 1939, was constructed by the E. Eyring for Durkee Enterprises and designed by John Jacob Zink for a total 250,000 dollars. The Theater's opening attraction was Stanley and Livingstone Staring Spencer Tracy and Nancy Kelly.
Walter's Gratuity and Loans
The Walter's Gratuity and Loans was an insurance company that began in August of 1896. The business operated out of this building alone until 1970 when Walter's built the new pink granite clad building in the inner harbor. The building stands tall at 37 stories and is the tallest building between Raleigh, North Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Upon the transformation and the construction of the new building, the company decided to shortened the name by abbreviating it. Walter's Gratuity and Loans seized operation in 1998, now the "Saint Paul Companies" owns the building and business.
Thomas Center
The Thomas Center building was built in 1899, has
a sturdy steal frame and stands at eleven stories tall. In 1904, "The
Great Fire Of Baltimore" occurred leaving very few buildings standing,
the Thomas Center building was one of the ten to survive the wake of
destruction.
In August, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge cleared the way for the lender to foreclose. Work on the hotel stalled during the financial downturn, but the lender was prevented from foreclosing after the developer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August 2010. The developer was given a set time to renovate the building but only made it about half way and nothing had shown progresses since 2009.
The Thomas Center building went up on a foreclosure auction on February 14th 2013, and has now been purchased in the hope of starting a new life for the building. At this point in time the property has still not changed, no signs of construction, renovating, or even having the lobby cleared out in order to come through the front door. The Thomas Center's future, remains unknown.
Park's Department Store
The department store, once under a different name, was built in 1929. It was the first downtown store to feature escalators. Originally, the building was constructed under the name of it's business owner but merged with a growing store located on Eutaw and Saratoga streets, thus a new company was born
Benton Psychiatric Center
Over the years, the hospital center served the less fortunate and less wealthy; they offered psychiatric care for even the homeless. Although their efforts, the big hearted center couldn't keep their funds from plummeting. Eventually, the hospital closed in 2009, making the hospital center have a short life, seeing how it opened only 32 years prior, in 1977. Despite the unfortunate closure of the hospital, plans are in the works for the city to build a new free psychiatric care center, in honor of what this facility
tried to achieve.
Loew's Parkway Theater
The Loew's Parkway Theater was built in 1915 and designed by architect Oliver B. Wight. As a man from Baltimore County he not only designed the Loew's Parkway but several other theaters in the city, such as the old and now demolished New Theatre on Lexington st. Loew's Parkway wasn't always a Loew's Theatre; in 1926 the building was purchased by the Loew's Company and remodeled by architect John Eberson and the theater had a grand reopening.
Uppercrust School
The manor was converted to home of one of Baltimore’s first
radio stations. Extensive renovations changed the layout of the house
dramatically. The radio station would then sell the property to the Baltimore
School of Musical Arts. The school was founded with the intention of offering
an identical program that was offered at Peabody, and in 1950 enrolled upwards
of 300 students. As the inevitable history of this old manor progressed, the
musical institute would close in 1955. In 1957 the manor began it’s final run
as a special needs school for “trainable children”; and the BCPS (Baltimore
City Public Schools) Headquarters. The Manor, “Upper-Crust School”, has sat
vacant since 2006, and currently has no future.
Peninsula Veteran's Hospital
On June 20, 2000, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs approved the plans to change the mission of the Peninsula VA Medical Center, a division of the VA Maryland Health Care System. The first phase of the new mission was moving the Peninsula VA Hospital to a new location about an hour north across the Potomac River; This would then occur in 2002 when the location peninsula location was closed.
After closure the property when through multiple states; it was at first still VA property, then became state property and part of a park. In early 2013 they came up with a plan to demolish the current buildings, and reopen a new facility; newer that the location on the Potomac. The property would then once again become VA property. The demise of this complex is still not certain, for now it still stands boarded up on a peninsula, south of Mob Town.
Johnson Company Building
The Johnson Company Building is currently under going research to learn it's original purpose and history.
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