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East Side Stories
For more than 200 years, East Baltimore has been a point of entry to the life and culture of the Charm City. Newcomers migrating to Baltimore from the American South, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America, often first laid roots on the East Side. African Americans, Italians, Irish, German, Polish, Jews, Catholics, Bohemians (Czech), Hungarians, Russians, Greeks, Slavs, Lumbee Indians, and Latinos, are among the diverse ethnic and religious communities that have called East Baltimore home. The contributions of these East Side residents help give the city some of its unique character and charm.
Encompassing more than 100 photographs, the exhibition offers a historic view of Baltimore’s East Side, and a modern focus on Middle East, Belair-Edison, and emergent Latino neighborhoods. Photographs by Ken Royster, Elizabeth Barbush of Art on Purpose, Ellis L. Marsalis, III, and Michela Caudill capture residents who have lived in these neighborhoods, some for several generations, and others for only a few years, as they experience a new era of transition and transformation. Through audio and visual portraits, resident’s stories of family, home, neighbors, and belonging provide a mirror to East Baltimore’s past and a tour through its most recent history. |
