This "album of memories" introduces readers to the people and places that once put the charm in Charm City. Sandler recalls the events that shaped life here and shows how far Baltimore has come--and also what has been lost in the process. 161 illustrations.

Born and raised in Baltimore, Gilbert Sandler has been published in the Baltimore Sun, the Jewish Times, and Baltimore Magazine and has been editor of Generations, the journal of the Jewish Museum of Maryland. He is the author of Jewish Baltimore: A Family Album, also available from Johns Hopkins, and The Neighborhood: The Story of Baltimore's Little Italy.