After City Paper ran an article last month describing the financial plight of Heart’s Place, a small homeless shelter in Charles Village, things started looking up, according to shelter director Carol Berman. At the time of the article, it appeared that the emergency winter shelter would have to close at least a month early...
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Heart’s Place Shelter Staves Off Closure
Shelter From the Storm: Heart’s Place Shelter at St. John’s Church in Baltimore keeps residents warm through the blizzard but financial problems may close its doors.
Read the accompanying web-only Mobtown Beat article, “The Mean Season: Small Charles Village shelter for the homeless facing early closure due to funding shortage” by Andrea Appleton.
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Walking Far: Kolkata, Part 5
| Image by photos by Uli Loskot Further on, craftsmen with their tools laid out in front of them are sitting on the sidewalk waiting to be picked up for a job. I walk far into areas where rarely another traveler has been seen. My favorite visual moment of the day is when I...
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The Family that Lives on a Bed: Kolkata, Part 4
| Image by Photos by Uli Loskot I meet a family of at least five who live on a big bed outside a shop which sells traditional Indian embroidery. The father is already busy with hand embroidering a piece of fabric in mesmerizing high speed while some of his children are still sleeping and...
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A Welcome of Odors and Body Bags: Kolkata, Part 1
| Image by photos by Uli Loskot Kingfisher Airlines brings me safely from Hyderabad to Kolkata in two hours. We touch solid ground after night has fallen. The airport is nothing like the spaceship in Hyderabad. It has the beige and brown lived in charm of a Mexican cantina from the 50ies. There is...
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