Gay Street (Baltimore)

Gay Street in 1912, looking northeast

Gay Street is a street in Baltimore, Maryland that gets its name from Nicholas Ruxton Gay, who surveyed the area in 1747. It begins at the intersection of East Pratt Street near the Baltimore World Trade Center (at the Inner Harbor) and proceeds north and east through Baltimore until it crosses Orleans Street (U.S. Route 40) and becomes Ensor Street. According to the Baltimore City web site, the Gay Street corridor escaped the Great Baltimore Fire in 1904.

Urban development in the 1970s essentially cut Gay Street in half in east Baltimore. Oldtown Mall, a retail strip that spans from Orleans to Aisquith and Monument Streets, was converted from a working street to a pedestrian mall. The street from that point north to Chase Street was essentially paved over, and the land was fitted into the surrounding street grid. Despite the rebuild, there are still a few housing units in the area that still follow the angular path that Gay Street cut through the neighborhood. Just north of Monument Street next to the Cain athletic field, there is a well-worn pedestrian path that follows the old route of Gay Street in defiance of the grass and meandering concrete sidewalk that borders the park.

Gay Street continues north from Chase, is briefly cut by the recently rebuilt (2000s) median of Broadway, then continues up to (and ends at) North Avenue, also known as U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 40 Truck through Baltimore city.

External links

Shopworn by Brennen Jensen, Baltimore City Paper 10/9/2002.
Gorsuch-Mitchell Papers, 1698-1921 Maryland Historical Society
Gay Street Historic District
Coordinates: 39°17′19.45″N 76°36′31.8″W / 39.2887361°N 76.608833°W / 39.2887361; -76.608833 (South Gay Street)
Coordinates: 39°18′32.00″N 76°35′18″W / 39.3088889°N 76.58833°W / 39.3088889; -76.58833 (North Gay Street)

Streets in Baltimore

North-South Annapolis Road Artmuseum Drive Bellona Avenue Broadway Calvert Street Cathedral Street Caton Avenue Charles Street Druid Hill Avenue Eutaw Street Falls Road Gay Street Greene Street Greenmount Avenue Greene Street Greenspring Avenue Guilford Avenue Greenmount Avenue Hanover Street Harford Road Hilton Street/Hilton Parkway Howard Street Key Highway Liberty Heights Avenue Loch Raven Boulevard Madison Street Maryland Avenue McCulloh Street Paca Street Park Heights Avenue Paca Street Park Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue Reisterstown Road Old Harford Road Roland Avenue Russell Street St. Paul Street The Alameda University Parkway Wabash Avenue Washington Boulevard York Road

East-West Aliceanna Street Baltimore Street Biddle Street Boston Street Broening Highway Centre Street Chase Street Coldspring Lane-Moravia Road Eager Street Eastern Avenue Fayette Street Fleet Street Franklin Street Frederick Avenue Gwynns Falls Parkway Lexington Street Lombard Street Monument Street Mt. Royal Avenue Mulberry Street North Avenue Northern Parkway Patapsco Avenue Pratt Street Preston Street Saratoga Street Wilkens Avenue

Circles & Squares Battle Monument Square Franklin Square Johnston Square Lafayette Square McKeldin Square National Katyń Memorial Circle Park Circle Saint Paul Place Union Square Walbrook Junction Washington Monument Circle War Memorial Plaza Wilkens Avenue Circle

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