Hampden's Miracle on 34th Street
By: Cassie Pearce
Seven-year-old Julia Ascolese, a Hampden community resident waited patiently on the corner of 34th Street and Chestnut Avenue. Twirling the ends of her scarf and giggling with her sister she waited for the neighborhoods’ nightly festivities to begin. “I always know that it is time for Christmas when I can see the colors from the lights in my bedroom window” she exclaimed pointing to her house about a block diagonal from 34th Street. Over 60 years ago the residents of this block began an annual tradition that became known as Baltimore’s Miracle on 34th Street.
Belvedere Square Santa Crawl

On Friday December 11, 2009, Baltimore's Belvedere Square will be hosting its First Annual Santa Bar Crawl.
