Patterson Park Area
I still can't believe that I have such beautiful scenery one mile from whee I live and less than two miles from the Inner Harbor. For ten years I was only a bus ride away from the lake in this park and if I had known about it, I would had visited it more often.Patterson Park is a major park in East Baltimore. Many festivals take place here. I have attended the Ukrainian Festival many times. It used to be held at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church and then expanded to the Park. If my schedule permits, I do attend ethnic festivals that are free.
Around the turn of the century I was working for Comcast in the Warehouse and over the weekend I was moving, but took time to go to the Greek Festival at St. Nicholas Church. A co-worker condemned me for attending the Greek Festival and not the African-American Heritage Festival. The previous year I made an appearance at the latter and saw nothing of interest for me. I always see something of interest at the Greek Festivals. I shared this experience with an older black man and he said that there was nothing for me at the AAHF and I concur with him.
I also usually attend ArtScape and the Baltimore Book Festival. Of course I always attend the Russian Festival. When I can, I make it a point to get to the Greek Festival. Generally I can't get to the one at St. Demetrios since I do not have a car and MTA does not get me there, despite their ads which say "Oh, yeah, we go there."
Another thing that I like about Patterson Park is that there is a Ukrainian Catholic church on the south side, a Roman Catholic church on the north side, and two Orthodox churches just a few blocks away on the west side. I have not been inside the Roman Catholic church, but I have served at both Orthodox churches. I was at one of them and told somebody "this used to be my church" and a woman from the parish happened to be there and she immediately said, "And this still is your parish!"
Rose Street Garden is just down the street from me. A woman from Washington Hill spoke very haighly of this garden in May 2015.
In ABaltimore one block is wonderful and the next block might be horrible.
Entrancer to a apublic school in my neighborhood.
This house caught fire and exploded last year and the City still has not done what is needed to bedone.
A young boy was walking home from school when the explosion occurred and he was buried in the debris and died.
One of the many quiet, peaceful streets in my neighborhood.
I don't know if this is a result of the riots in Baltimore in April 2015.
Patterson Park
St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church.
St. Elizabet of Hungary Roman Catholic Church
Now the walk back home
This public or chater school building used to be St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School.
