tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post2249083926545533086..comments2024-03-24T12:54:29.192-04:00Comments on P i g t o w n * D e s i g n: More BathroomsPigtown*Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-58953167852316959912011-07-14T09:16:00.754-04:002011-07-14T09:16:00.754-04:00In the mid 1960's I worked as a lineman for C&...In the mid 1960's I worked as a lineman for C&P Telephone,my work area being Baltimore. I can remember a bath house still in use on West Pratt St.Paul/Kensington, MDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-13129563981623675392009-06-05T08:48:29.020-04:002009-06-05T08:48:29.020-04:00Interesting to think how different life was only a...Interesting to think how different life was only a couple of generations ago, and that showers and bathtubs were not a fixture in every household.Juliehttp://kitchenography.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-44535926848442085932009-06-04T23:58:23.539-04:002009-06-04T23:58:23.539-04:00This is all so intersting to me, coming from Germa...This is all so intersting to me, coming from Germany were public bath houses, old and new are still absolutely in use and in high demand. As a recreational source, not so much to get clean...pools and saunas are everywhere.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572400688345132982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-12838746093997002482009-06-04T23:04:52.842-04:002009-06-04T23:04:52.842-04:00How interesting - I love this post! Thank you, Chr...How interesting - I love this post! Thank you, ChristyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-83864964934794465902009-06-04T20:45:10.150-04:002009-06-04T20:45:10.150-04:00Neat...I've always wondered about the one near...Neat...I've always wondered about the one near Fells Point! And, ArchitectDesign, I never knew that about the Carnegies! (From the Pgh area...)Christine in DChttp://www.compassandcoffeespoons.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-67293528857363115392009-06-04T18:07:25.128-04:002009-06-04T18:07:25.128-04:00Kathleen... they've mostly been converted to o...Kathleen... they've mostly been converted to office space. I've been in the one in the bottom picture and it's all chopped up into offices. I think that they're handsome buildings, don't you?Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-55104655552153368632009-06-04T17:44:09.707-04:002009-06-04T17:44:09.707-04:00What were the former bathhouses in Baltimore conve...What were the former bathhouses in Baltimore converted to?kathleenhttp://houseitemsandroomsilike.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-79071491692887583062009-06-04T12:46:02.437-04:002009-06-04T12:46:02.437-04:00Funnily enough, all of the Carnegie Libraries in P...Funnily enough, all of the Carnegie Libraries in Pittsburgh in the small steel towns (every small neighborhood has a carnegie library in Carnegie's home town!), had bathhouses in the basement! Some of them still exist (not in use though) where they haven't been converted to reading rooms or storage.ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-69450840287129135312009-06-04T10:54:49.285-04:002009-06-04T10:54:49.285-04:00Rose... what a great story. I remember seeing bath...Rose... what a great story. I remember seeing baths in some of the small villages up in the valleys in Wales.Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-29624128126604759422009-06-04T10:07:14.815-04:002009-06-04T10:07:14.815-04:00Public baths, eh. When I was a kid in Portsmouth (...Public baths, eh. When I was a kid in Portsmouth (UK) our public swimming baths were dual purpose. We would often queue up at the municipal-green painted ticket hatch behind an old geezer collecting a small bar of a soap and a thinning white towel. Then we could hear the ticket lady turning on the taps (faucets?) before serving us. Getting sentimental, sorry.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com