Baltimorethan you expect. From top left: f ’s many nicknames, University; “Charm City” says it best. 18th-century map of America’s East Coast; Whatever anyone tells you the Library of The Johns about Baltimore, they all agree: Hopkins University; it’s different. One hour north of Billie Holiday; Baltimore oriole by Washington, D.C., and three hours south of New John James Audubon; O Frederick Douglass; York, Baltimore is either the most northerly south- Johns Hopkins lab student; Cal Ripkin ern American city or the other way around. In the bobblehead; mix is the heart of the charm. horse country; ; state flower, the black-eyed susan; Lexington We collected comments from some of our most Market; graduate celebrated residents, past and present. Then we student Xiaojia Zeng performing at JHU’s surveyed hundreds of Chinese New Year celebration; Honfest; graduate students and interviewed dozens more to painted window screen of Patterson get their impressions of the city where they live. Park by Baltimore artist Ted Richardson; Edgar Allan Poe; Discover the Baltimore they call home. Baltimore’s . What is Baltimore? “A city of tattoos” is how one Johns Hopkins graduate student Baltimore’s Quirky Charm describes it. “Duckpin bowling was invented here,” notes another. Most important, though, “people who live here, work here. There is a lot of local pride.”

“When friends ask me to describe Baltimore, I say it’s quirky. There’s a sense of small community created by

all of the hole-in-the-wall unique The biggest city in the Baltimore- “We’ve managed to embrace the things places. The local art scene, which Washington Metroplex and home that many cities try to hide, and we’ve includes visual art, experimental music, and movies, is to some 8,500 Johns Hopkins quite strong. I take advantage of Baltimore’s ‘indie’ graduate students, Baltimore offers embraced them with humor. I think spirit…and where else can you get really good crab something for everyone. that’s why Baltimore is such a good place pizza?” — Zachary Herchen, Duxbury, MA, Master’s Program A few of our favorite things: in Saxophone Performance and Recording Arts Engineering, • “I love crab cakes in Baltimore!” to live.” — , Baltimore film director Peabody Conservatory • “Hahn A. Reum Asian Grocery, Punjab Deli, and Halal Meats: cheap spices and rare ingre- “Baltimore has a lot more character dients for cooking at home.” than I originally thought it would. • “Spring: it brings the most I was expecting a very industrial beautiful tulips.” town. The feeling of Baltimore is • “Faidley’s at Lexington Market, one of Baltimore’s hidden gems.” very laid-back, especially compared to Washington, • “Hidden parks in Canton, on D.C., and all the cute neighborhoods give it a lot of Baltimore Street and Ann Street. ” personality, like Overlea, where I live. My house feels • “The Inner Harbor—charming like an old country home, but it’s still in the city.” and beautiful.” — Julie Schafer McGurk, Flemington, NJ, Doctoral Program • “Tons of great restaurants in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and parks.” • “The Sunday farmers market downtown.” John Waters in • “Lighting the Washington front of a poster Monument at Christmas.” for his movie • “The American Visionary Art Hairspray. 78% of surveyed graduate students Museum’s kinetic sculpture agreed that “quirky charm” is a good way race is awesome.” to describe Baltimore.

baltimore’s got a restaurant for every taste, like cafe hon, located in Hampden—minutes from the johns hopkins university homewood campus. John Waters described formstone, a plaster imitation of stone that covers brick row homes throughout Baltimore, as “the polyester of brick.” Welcome home, hon. Lively, convenient neighborhoods near City of Neighborhoods JHU’s Baltimore campuses include: Near Homewood campus: • Charles Village: home to Homewood; bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants • Waverly: farmers market, bookstores, “I live right across from the Home- thrift shops wood campus on North Charles “I plan on changing the world, maybe • Hampden: cheap eats, antiques, Street in what is called Charles clothing stores, bars and clubs even the minds of men, by making music Village or ‘The Chillage.’ There’s a • Remington: row homes, that’s very, very poignant, long lasting, nice coffee house nearby called quiet streets, all-night eats XandO’s. It’s next to a good record, CD, and DVD • Roland Park: tree-lined streets, and sincere.” — Dontae Winslow, composer, musician, shop, a Kinko’s, and restaurants. I like most to walk upscale markets, cafes and haute cuisine producer, rapper, Peabody Conservatory alumnus around the neighborhoods that surround campus. • Guilford: stately homes and swank There are lots of hidden parks to hang out and do apartments homework in.” — Frank Gallimore, Eugene, OR, Master of Fine Arts Program Near Peabody and Downtown campuses: in Poetry, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences • Mount Vernon: history, museums, night life, farmers market

“Baltimore is not Washington, D.C.’s • Federal Hill: historic fun, marinas, museums, city lights less exciting neighbor to the north. It’s home to major sports teams, Near East Baltimore campus: top companies, museums, and • Fells Point: waterfront charm, live top-ranking academic institutions. music and dancing Baltimore has more to offer than the Inner Harbor! • Butchers Hill: north of Fells Point, This is a city of neighborhoods, each with its own iconic corner bars attractions and attitude. To find the city’s hidden • : Baltimore’s “pagoda,” treasures, travel off the beaten path.” bucolic heart of East Baltimore Trumpeter Dontae Winslow grew up in — Erica Reaves, Columbus, OH, Doctoral Program in • Canton: hip eateries, art galleries, the West North Avenue neighborhood of Neuroscience, School of Medicine water views Coppin Heights. After graduating from the Top-Rated Neighborhoods* Baltimore School for the Arts, he earned Survey notes: “I enjoy being able to walk or BA and MA degrees from the Peabody bike to work if I want to and being able to 1. Charles Village Conservatory. The Baltimore resident 2. Mount Vernon walk or bike when I go out at night.” was named a semi-finalist in the Interna- 3. Hampden tional Trumpet Competition held by the A note on security: Watching The Wire on HBO could lead you to believe 4. Roland Park prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute that Baltimore is a dangerous place. The truth is, living in any city calls for a 5. Fells Point of Jazz, which he also attended. certain amount of caution. Campus Safety and Security at Johns Hopkins offers *Graduate student survey a wealth of tips for staying safe and detailed statistics on crime activity near JHU campuses. Get the facts at www.jhu.edu/~security. film night in little italy: cinema paradiso, baltimore-style. Mary Pickersgill, who lived most of her life in Baltimore, designed the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. Well connected Baltimore: a short train ride to In the Heart of the Action the trading floors and publishing houses in New York, the halls of power in Washington, D.C., and the high-tech labs and offices of businesses headquartered throughout the mid-Atlantic. “I moved here from Get out of town through one of and lots of people tried to tell me several nearby international “There’s an amazing amount of intellectual airports, via interstate highways, that living in Baltimore was not or public transportation, which energy between Washington, D.C., and going to be easy. But I took an connect all the major cities of the New York. From Baltimore, my students instant liking to this place with its East Coast. warm and affectionate people. In many ways, Balti- have easy access to all the region’s more reminds me of home. Whatever the season, resources.” ­— Alice McDermott, Johns Hopkins University I always relate Baltimore to monsoons in India— writer-in-residence, Writing Seminars, Krieger School of Arts and refreshing!” — Pritika Chatterjee, New Delhi, India, Doctoral Sciences; 1998 National Book Award winner for Charming Billy Program in Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health Survey notes: “The Environmental Health Sciences • “Baltimore has a lot of character Department here has high-quality, compared to other East Coast established research under way in my cities.” areas of interest, carcinogenesis and • “The benefit of Baltimore is that it’s close to D.C., Philadelphia, food toxicology, with collaborators as NYC. And it’s only a few hours’ near as Washington, D.C., and Boston. Cancer research drive to the Appalachian and risk assessment—areas I plan to pursue profes- Mountains.” sionally—thrive here with the proximity of the • “There are plenty of natural National Cancer Institute and the Environmental parks surrounding the city for great hiking and outdoor activities.” Protection Agency.” — Shoba S. Iyer, Long Beach, CA, • “We’re close to the ocean. Doctoral Program in Environmental Health, Bloomberg School Ocean City, Dewey Beach, and of Public Health Rehoboth Beach are so much fun!” • “My favorite quirky things about Baltimore? Crab. The way people hail a cab (not quite the same as in NY or D.C.) The phrase, ‘Bawl’more hon.’” 87% of surveyed graduate students • “The Peabody Conservatory Alice McDermott said proximity to New York and Washington, always has concerts to go see D.C., is a Baltimore asset. —usually for free!”

A short drive from any JHU Baltimore campus, Penn Station is a major hub, with Amtrak, commuter train, and light rail service. Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore in 1849 and is buried on the grounds of Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in . charles villAGE PATTERSON PARK BUTCHERS HILL MOUNT VERNON

roland park WAVERLY Farmers market fells point (Middle) charles villAGE Homewood / University parkway (Balti)More to do and the Everyman The Scene are shaking up the theater scene. And there’s more to Baltimore culture. Overheard: “Baltimore perhaps has the coolest art scene in the country. It offers both ‘high-brow’ and ‘low-brow’ art— which makes it doubly fun. Club “The perfect day? Start with chocolate “I think art has the ability to change music in Baltimore may well be people’s lives. To me the greatest joy chip pancakes at Pete’s Grill. From the country’s best, rivaled only there, it’s a short walk to the Baltimore by Philly.” in life is when someone comes up to Museum of Art where you can browse through some Matisse and Museums: Baltimore A-List me and says, ‘I heard this concert, We can’t possibly list every concert Picasso. For lunch, take a picnic over to Sherwood hall, nightclub, restaurant, festival, and it helped me see my life in a Gardens and enjoy the tulips. Then catch an evening performance, and museum in town. But we can get you started. different way.’ ” — Marin Alsop, music director, movie at the and a late dinner at the Here’s an A-list of Baltimore Baltimore Symphony Orchestra tapas restaurant right next door, talking over good museums (many museums are free sangria and paella.” — Mariko Yamaguchi, Los Angeles, CA with student ID). Find out more by /Tokyo, Japan, Doctoral Program in Psychological and Brain visiting www.livebaltimore.com. Sciences, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences • American Visionary Art Museum • Babe Ruth Museum and Birthplace “When family or friends visit, we • like to visit some of Baltimore’s • Baltimore Museum of truly great museums, such as the Industry • Dr. Samuel D. Harris American Visionary Art Museum National Museum of and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Dentistry Baltimore has good theaters and lots of live music. • Eubie Blake National I have a real affection for this city. I like the fact that Museum there is fun to be had if you take time to find it.” • Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum — Nathaniel Segaren, MD, MRCPCH, , United Kingdom, • The Great Blacks in Wax Museum Dual Master Program in Public Health and Business Administra- • Hopkins Historic Houses: tion, Bloomberg School of Public Health Evergreen and Homewood • Jewish Museum of Maryland • Maryland Historical Society Favorite places to go* • Marin Alsop is the first Out to eat with friends: 52.10% • female music director Concerts, plays, art openings, dancing: 13.10% • Reginald F. Lewis Museum of of a major American Hang out at home: 9.30% Maryland African American symphony orchestra. The great outdoors: 6.40% History and Culture Bars and clubs: 6% • D.C. for the day: 4.60% Other: 8.5% *Graduate student survey

BALTIMORE SUPPORTS FESTIVALS FOR ART, MUSIC, BOOKS, ETHNIC GROUPS, SCIENCE FICTION FANS—EVEN BIG HAIRDOS. Radio personality Ira Glass, host of “This American Life” on National Public Radio, was born in Baltimore, as was his cousin, composer Philip Glass.

America’s smallest big city As one student put it, “Baltimore Hopkinsville, Collegetown, U.S.A. is the country’s smallest big city. It has the institutions and cultural resources of any great city, and the quaint, unrefined charm of a small town.” It also has Johns Hopkins University. One of 14 institutions of higher education “The Johns Hopkins University, Johns “I wanted to do research directly in Baltimore, Johns Hopkins related to human disease, and with the (and Baltimore) offers unexcelled Hopkins Hospital, and related educational resources for students. many researchers here at Hopkins I institutes around Baltimore provide an am able to do just that. It makes me Johns Hopkins in Baltimore: environment full of world-class authorities feel like my research has a real impact Homewood campus for graduate students in just about every on society.” — Rebecca Deering Brose, Coopersburg, PA, • Krieger School of Arts and Doctoral Program in Human Genetics, School of Medicine arena. It is a great place to learn and a Sciences • Whiting School of Engineering — Benjamin S. Carson Sr., MD, great place to work.” “I’m a writing major, and Hopkins • School of Education director of Pediatric Neurosurgery; professor of neurological surgery, has one of the best writing programs Downtown Center oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics; Johns Hopkins Medical in the country. I take classes with • Institutions celebrated authors. I live within walk- ing distance of at least four different Peabody Conservatory bookstores. I stayed in Baltimore during the summer of my sophomore year and really got a feel for the city. East Baltimore Medical Campus Since then, my impression of Baltimore only keeps • School of Medicine improving.” — Carey Polis, Bethesda, MD, Undergraduate • Bloomberg School of Program in Writing Seminars, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Public Health • School of Nursing Historic houses • Evergreen Museum •

71% percent of surveyed graduate students said Baltimore was a good place for their field of study.

Postdoctoral fellow Heidi Galonek takes baltimore schoolchildren on a hike through East baltimore. Florence Rina Sabin of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine became the first female professor of medicine in 1901.

What’s not to like? There is an ease about Baltimore Easy Town many people don’t find in other East Coast cities such as Phila- delphia or Washington, D.C. Maybe it’s the characteristic friendliness of the people, calm induced by the lapping “Baltimore is an awesome place to waters of the Inner Harbor, or the live. I love city life, and there are so pace—down a notch or two from “[Baltimore] will descend upon you nearby cities but still full of energy many things to do. The Inner Harbor and fun. and consume you, and you will is home to many tasty restaurants, remain a Baltimorean—in spirit if not taverns, and bars. Sports fans stop at Overheard in bodily presence—to the end of Camden Yards to watch the Orioles play baseball or • “The famous Inner Harbor is catch a Ravens football game. After living here for a only a 10-minute walk from the your days.” — H. L. Mencken, 20th-century couple of months I started loving this place. It has Peabody Conservatory. It can’t get journalist, “Bard of Baltimore” a good blend of city and suburban living.” much better than that!” — Harish Nathani, Kanpur, India, Doctoral Program in Materials • “I’ve lived in Baltimore my Science and Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering whole life and I am still finding new things in this city.” “I’ve always loved the water, and it • “Whether it’s salsa dancing at has become more special to me since the Belvedere or watching a I joined the Baltimore Rowing Club. football game at one of the great The Patapsco River is beautiful, the bars and pubs in Fells Point, there company is great, and the feeling of is something for everyone.” sliding back and forth to send your • “I love the old architecture and blade in the water and power the boat is amazing. I the beautiful trees that line its probably wouldn’t have started rowing if I didn’t live old streets. I also like the vibe in Baltimore. It’s a real American city.” here, and now it’s hard to imagine enjoying any other exercise more!” — Megan Hoffmann, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, • “I really enjoyed a cute little fair on Abell Avenue that I accidentally Master of Science Program, School of Nursing biked into.” • “Baltimore has a great under- ground music scene, cheap concerts, * and good underground rap.” H. L. Mencken Top Five Baltimore “best-kept secrets” • “Every year a mysterious man 1. Less expensive living appears at Edgar Allan Poe’s 2. Great restaurants gravesite, reads one of his poems, 3. Free admission to major museums 4. Beautiful architecture and leaves a rose and a bottle of 5. Music scene whiskey.” *Graduate student survey

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