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Baltimore
Workers who built Baltimore's Key Bridge reflect on its reach in their lives
Apr 18, 2024
The ironworkers, painters and others who constructed the bridge thought it would outlive them.
The loss of Baltimore's bridge has snarled traffic. How do commuters cope?
Apr 9, 2024
Previously, 30,000 cars and trucks would traverse the Francis Scott Key daily. Now all those vehicles have to find other routes.
How crews on cargo ships stranded in Baltimore are working to maintain good "seafarer culture"
Apr 5, 2024
Ship crews are used to a life in motion. Now the mostly international workers could be stuck in port for weeks.
For thousands of workers who rely on Baltimore's port, work has slowed or stopped
Apr 3, 2024
That includes longshoremen who unload container ships, warehouse workers who store the goods and restaurant servers who feed them all.
Baltimore's port closure could upend jobs and supply chains for months
Mar 29, 2024
Baltimore's port could be closed for months, keeping people out of work and leaving freighters looking for places to route their loads.
To fight vacant housing, Baltimore turns to the blockchain
by
Amy Scott
Jan 29, 2024
The city hopes the technology behind cryptocurrency can streamline transactions. It's part of a proposed plan to address blight.
Who's the "we" behind those "We Buy Houses" signs?
by
Amy Scott
Apr 28, 2023
Real estate wholesalers offer convenience, but at what price?
For public good, not for profit.
What happens when a family finally gets off the housing voucher waiting list
by
Amy Scott
Mar 23, 2022
Housing vouchers can change recipients' lives but often come after years of waiting.
An abandoned block is reborn in West Baltimore
by
Amy Scott
Nov 10, 2021
In 2019, Poinsetta McKnight was one of the last homeowners living on her block. Now with seven restored homes, “I’m seeing it come up.”
As lumber prices soar, reclaimed wood gets a second look
by
Amy Scott
Jun 1, 2021
High building costs have changed the equation for vintage materials.