Baltimore City Fair 1973

[@curlybush1528]

Oh my goodness, that was a real treat to see! I could almost smell the popcorn and taste the cotton candy I had to beg my Mom to buy, since she seldom let us have sugar. I celebrated all of my teenage years at the City Fair until they stopped having it. What a sad day that was. Smh I miss those days, the 70's were everything! Lol That was really nice to see. Thanks for posting..

[@stevejanowiak1982]

Curly Bush...I agree! Seemed so innocent back then. So many families - white and black. All getting along in the name of fun and in the name of that once great city.

[@jamesphillips496]

Because of the " crime"? Curly Bush

[@feliciacoby5321]

I totally agree with the comment 😊 it was a different time of life back then people were civil and much nicer to one another

[@darrylbogier4013]

I was there back in 1973!

[@sarahpringle9584]

Memories, seems like people had more respect for one another when we came together to have a good time.

[@thurstonpowell8687]

Unless you were military.

[@doctordishes2es]

Wow so different now

[@denisecounts5381]

I'm sure my family and I were there as we went all 3 days....I even have a picture "75" at the baltimore city fair....before there was an inner harbor there was the city fair.....GREAT memory.

[@DLICIOUS42]

Back when Baltimore city had almost 1 million people. As of today December 17 2019 the city has a little over 600,000 people. I was 3 yrs old back in 1973 but I do remember the City Fair throughout the 1970s..

[@starwars518]

Can’t blame for leaving the city

[@MarkMiller-i8q]

Baltimore's population peaked at 900,600 in 1950. By 1973, it was well under that as the flight to the suburbs was well underway, a process that accelerated following the riots of 1968.

[@DLICIOUS42]

@MarkMiller-i8q Actually it was 949,708 in 1950 and dropped to 890,000 by 1973

[@Dana-kb5mk]

Great footage!! Thanks so much for sharing, so many great memories here ❤️❤️

[@brendamaglich8721]

I was here working a booth with my Mom!

[@paulpaulh9278]

Hey look ma, no one looking down at screens!

[@FlintyCobblestone]

The wonderful, beautiful city of Balmer.

[@ronaldreuwer7971]

There's some good memories never see that again

[@christenrhea2457]

Remember the shot tower?

[@totalrobot]

Jeez. The harbor water actually looked clean.

[@thurstonpowell8687]

Apparently you missed the turd dodgers ski show?

[@jamesphillips496]

Also remember the May Day Fair ( May 1st) in Mount Vernon Washington monument.

[@thurstonpowell8687]

The good old days skiing through the chromium laced Patapsco. You could ski in with green swim trunks and come out with yellow trunks.

[@Bcharns]

Wow what a Gem!

[@bonanzatime]

Whatever happened to blimps? Used to see blimps all the time, especially during special events. But not anymore.😢

[@drdean9913]

Sad, no more....

[@shockawha9]

Last time I went was 1977 or 78 I think. We sat on the roof of the Morris Mechanic Theatre and smoked a bowl of flakes (pcp soaked greens) first. I don’t remember the fair just the lights, some neon lights and more lights. Federal Hill has a great view of dwtn.

[@thurstonpowell8687]

Nice!

[@ryanedwards4512]

Ay hon! I tink I jus saw Ronny and Butchy in da back round...wunnen dat da day dat we went to Boh Brooks on Blair rd and got dose JumbOs? We saw Charlie Eckman and Jerry Turner sittin at da bar day day

[@ruthojen]

what a sad state we are in

[@dianebush3286]

Don't think I ever went when it moved from Fayette Street and loved it. Just remember AFRAM festival at Rash field.

[@snowymountainlove]

that's pretty much how i remember it. my folks met working in the Maryland National building (mini empire state building, so to speak). water skiing in the harbor in 1973 must have been in a no fall zone, for sure.

[@thurstonpowell8687]

They brought a skipjack in to dredge the turds prior to the ski show.

[@darrylredding8146]

Wow I was 7 yrs old 😊

[@birthabutt9555]

We lost our soul when we lost our manufacturing base. MAGA.

[@tropicalfish8640]

The fifties ain't coming back. Will you settle for civil unrest of the sixties? Riding with Biden!

[@juanitawitherspoon5189]

THANK YOU glad to hear someone speak on it because Clinton and the bushes sold America out too China

[@MarkMiller-i8q]

The City Fair brought people downtown (if only for a little while) after the riots of 1968. William Donald Schaeffer hired smart, creative people for his administration and they delivered. You might remember the Tall Ships that docked at the harbor in 1976, and then the pavilions of Harbor Place which opened in 1980. Harbor Place was the right development for the time. However, that time now seems long passed. Today, we await what will come next. Hopefully, there won't be a revival of the flash mobs of juveniles that terrorized and assaulted people.

[@queenoftenthousandmoons8864]

This was a perfect day for a family. Nowadays you don't see this you half to dodge bullets or be afraid of a deadly virus in crowds or someone tryna kidnap you or your child or jack your car when u go home what a sad society we have become

[@joesteedman8230]

It was more fun there before Harbor place.

[@thurstonpowell8687]

Yeah when you could rest at the vacated chromium plant with a bottle of Mad Dog.

[@seanprice8391]

It’s a good thing that young couple wasn’t into smoking grass.

[@sharonjones1880]

Sad of what the city has become. Shameful.

[@flossygallaway6565]

When people looked normal

[@stevejanowiak1982]

DOA...It’s “you’re” pitiful. If you are going to insult, please have the decency to do it correctly.

[@flossygallaway6565]

Steve Janowiak thanks Mr. Steve!

[@leeb.7188]

It’s sad what B’more has turned into. A total rathole. It was once a nice city.

[@paulpaulh9278]

Lee B. ~ It is not a total rat hole. I live there and I know how it is. I reside in a nice neighborhood. The city gets a negative rap based on certain sections, and of course the bad news is all that's heard about in the media.

[@janrovich2430]

@@paulpaulh9278 it’s a complete shit hole now

[@Dana-kb5mk]

The people are great. But without jobs & a decent tax base, the city has gotten a raw deal.

[@thurstonpowell8687]

I liked it more when it really was a rathole with genuine winos walking along the riverfront, Just like out of a Steinbeck novel.

[@planetaryqueenrulerofallel3461]

Back then was better days. But still does dancing were neg things ..regarles

[@thurstonpowell8687]

Jungle Boogie!

[@sarahpringle9584]

Grime brings crime said a policeman at a meeting.