The intersection of Baltimore and Holliday streets is an evocative place for Baltimore history, feet from the 1875 City Hall building and within spitting distance of the city's infamously seedy block of strip clubs.
But it was an innocuous street lamp, three small bulbs atop a bright green pole, that brought a small crowd out Tuesday to mark 200 years since Baltimore became home to one of the first gas street lights in the United States.
Leaders from the city and Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. unveiled new plaques Tuesday explaining the history of the lamp, which BGE senior vice president Alexander G. Nunez said was the first move toward lighting streets and squares across the city.
Baltimore was the first U.S. city to use gas for street illumination.
James T. Smith, a former Baltimore County executive and chief of strategic alliances for Mayor Catherine Pugh, said the light symbolizes the administration's commitment to public safety, public-private partnerships and making Baltimore a leader.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. employees voted Thursday night to unionize under the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, something organizers said would give 1,419 workers "a voice at the table."
The gas and electrical workers will be organized under a new chapter, Local 410. Baltimore-based...
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. employees voted Thursday night to unionize under the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, something organizers said would give 1,419 workers "a voice at the table."
The gas and electrical workers will be organized under a new chapter, Local 410. Baltimore-based...
"This represents a lot that the mayor cares deeply about," he said.
nsherman@baltsun.com
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