Thursday, January 24, 2013
A look back into the history of the shopping center which is due to be upgraded this year.
First it was Parkville Shopping Center, and now Carney Village Shopping Center is set for an upgrade. Fifth District Councilman David Marks announced the impending improvements earlier this month, as reported on Patch. This photo, downloaded from the Baltimore County Public Library's Legacy Web photo collection, shows the shopping center as it stood in 1985, before a facelift changed the retail area to its current look. To check out this photo and others featured in the Vintage Parkville-Overlea column, visit the library website and search for "Parkville", choosing to limit your search by "Photograph: Historic". Do you think Carney Village is due for an upgrade? Do you remember it as it looks in this photo? Share your memories of Parkville…
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Check out this photo from Parkville-Overlea history.
It's a far cry from the big yellow buses we see today, but the vehicle pictured in the gallery above is, in fact, a Baltimore County Public Schools bus. The photo, which was downloaded from the Baltimore County Public Library's Legacy Web photo collection, was taken in 1922. According to the photo description in the library catalog the photo was taken in the Parkville area after John Hale became principal of the Parkville School. Share your memories of Parkville-Overlea in the old days in the comments.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Check out an interesting photo from the history of Parkville-Overlea.
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- Nick Gestido
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
So far we've had a pretty mild December, knock on wood, but as you know Maryland winters have the potential to bring with them a ton of snow. This photo, originally posted to the Overlea Community Association Facebook page, illustrates that perfectly. Doris Franz-Poling, whose father George Franz took the photo, explains in her posting that the wintry weather on display is none other than the "Blizzard of 1958." A Baltimore Sun archives story by Jaques Kelly notes that the storm didn't actually occur until March, but brought with it around 2 feet of snow and left about 100,000 without power or heat for 5 days. "No Baltimore snow has ever scared me the way the one in March 1958 did," Kelly wrote in 1991. "Under the weight of the wet snow, …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Do you know where in the greater Parkville-Overlea area this photo was taken?
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- Nick Gestido
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
The historic mill shown in this photograph used to stand somewhere in the greater Parkville-Overlea area. Do you know where? The photograph, which was taken in the 1870's, was downloaded from Google Labs' Field Trip app. According to the description attached to the photograph, the mill was known as either Mitchell Mill or Summerfield Mill and it began operating in the early 1820's. Ultimately, it burned down in the early 1900's. So, take a guess — do you know your local history? If not, just admire a very cool photograph from the early days of Parkville-Overlea.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
For the second week in a row, our vintage photo comes from the Overlea Community Association's Doris Franz-Poling.
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- Nick Gestido
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Isn't this picture awesome? The Overlea Lumber building featured in the foreground is now the parking lot of Rosedale Federal Bank, on the corner of Belair Road and Northern Parkway. The photo was posted to the Overlea Community Assocation Facebook page by member Doris Franz-Poling. In fact, according to Franz-Poling whose father George Franz took this photo, the tiny street that runs off to the left of the frame is actually now Northern Parkway, if you can believe that. The hilly street in the background, said Overlea Community Association member Kim King, is Spruce Avenue where it now runs behind the Rosedale Federal Bank. Steven Stout, another OCA member, pointed out a really cool, throwback detail —check out the streetlamp in the …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
No guessing game this week, just a cool photo for you to check out.
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- Nick Gestido
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
It's hard for me to believe there was ever a streetcar line in Overlea; intellectually I'm aware it was there, but it seems like a relic of a bygone era to me. Nevertheless, here it is—photographic evidence. This photo was posted to the Overlea Community Association Facebook group by Doris Franz-Poling. It was taken by her father, George Franz. Franz, a lifelong Overlea resident, has since passed away but his legacy lives on in a collection of more than 20,000 photos he took. This photo, which shows the streetcar turnaround on Belair Road, looks westbound up Overlea Avenue, Franz-Poling said. An interesting note, Franz said, is that the cars on Overlea Avenue are traveling westbound. Today, the street runs in the opposite direction. …
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Can you guess where in the greater Parkville-Overlea area this photo was taken?
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- Nick Gestido
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
It's hard to write about this week's photograph without naming the church in the photo. At the time the picture was taken, back in 1904, this church stood in Parkville—today, a church of (mostly) the same name still stands there but it looks pretty much not-at-all-the-same. The photograph above was downloaded from the Baltimore County Public Library Legacy Web photo collection. It was originally taken by Mrs. Douglas Horstman. "The frame structure was built in 1895 to replace an earlier stone chapel built in 1839. It was replaced by another structure in 1954," according to a description on the library website. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Leave your best guess and share your memories of Parkville-Overlea in the comments.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Can you guess where this photo was taken?
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Our photo of Parkville-Overlea history this week comes courtesy of the Facebook group "You Know You're From Parkville, Md When..." and it's a good one. Dating back 50 years, this photo shows a section of a now-highly-trafficked roadway that connects Parkville to Overlea and points beyond. Can you guess where it was taken and what it shows? There's a hint written onto the photo, which was originally posted to Facebook by user Nancy Ellen-Roche Rhoda. "You know you're from Parkville and that you're old if you watched them build ... between ... and ... back in 1962," she wrote in her original posting. References to what is being built and where have been removed. Share your best guess and your memories of Parkville-Overlea in the comments!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
No guessing game this week, just some photos of an iconic Parkville movie theater.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Readers of a certain age will almost certainly immediately recognized the iconic Parkville theater shown in the photos above. So this week there's no guessing game, just some excellent photos of Parkville-Overlea history. Special thanks to Edward McKenna, who posted these photos of the Colony Theater to the Facebook group "You Know You're From Parkville, Md When..." These days, the building serves as the VFW Hall that residents will recognize from their commutes up and down Harford Road. Did you ever see a movie at the Colony Theater? Which movie was it? Share you memories and tell us in the comments.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
This photograph, which shows a man who had a huckster's route throughout the east side of Baltimore County, came from the library's legacy collection.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
This week we're taking a break from the usual guessing game to highlight a piece of ephemera from Parkville's history. The man shown in this photo, taken in the 30's, is named Esau M. Gwynn—he owned a chicken farm on Forge Road in Perry Hall, between Gunpowder State Park and what is now I-95. Gwynn, shown here with Billy White, had a huckster's route that took him through Parkville, Overlea, Perry Hall and Hamilton. This photo, downloaded from the Baltimore County Public Library's Legacy Web photo collection, was originally published by Rev. Moses L. Gwynn Jr. in 1930. Share your memories of Parkville-Overlea history in the comments.
Melody
12:59 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
This is before my time, but I used to live directly across St Michael's church above Monroe's Music Store. I can see the original Fullerton Elem school up on the right. more ›