34th Street electrifies the season
Businesses around 34th Street also put their best foot forward and go all out on Christmas displays. Café Hon, a 1950s-themed restaurant, displays hot pink tinsel and lights in its windows to match with the gigantic signature flamingo statue standing over the entrance, while various antique and vintage shops, bookstores and restaurants do their part to add color and light to the Avenue (a four-block strip along 36th Street filled with shops and eateries). The large number of boutiques located on this half-mile strip make for affordable and unique Christmas shopping; many of the wares Â- from crab-shell Christmas ornaments to framed artwork, vintage clothing to local beauty products - are one-of-a-kind.
34th Street is approximately a five-minute cab ride (one-mile walk) from the Hopkins campus, making it easily accessible by cab or by foot. Hampden's light display runs from dusk until about 11:00 p.m. every night from Nov. 24 to Jan. 1. On New Year's Eve, 34th Street will also host its own New Year's celebration with a special Hampden version of New York's Times Square Ball. Keep a lookout for Bob Hosier, the very same man who began the 34th Street tradition, dressed as Baby New Year - having a picture taken with him on New Year's has become a sort of Baltimore tradition.
34th Street is approximately a five-minute cab ride (one-mile walk) from the Hopkins campus, making it easily accessible by cab or by foot. Hampden's light display runs from dusk until about 11:00 p.m. every night from Nov. 24 to Jan. 1. On New Year's Eve, 34th Street will also host its own New Year's celebration with a special Hampden version of New York's Times Square Ball. Keep a lookout for Bob Hosier, the very same man who began the 34th Street tradition, dressed as Baby New Year - having a picture taken with him on New Year's has become a sort of Baltimore tradition.
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