Continuing Research

After some clarification from class, I will post my entire research day by day loaded full of pictures and other media instead of a long and uneventful paper. The past few weeks have been busy and I was not clear how to go about writing this research. I have visited the Baltimore Streetcar Museum and The Enoch Pratt Free Library and collected information from associates and from my personal collection . I don't want this research to be a bio of Barnes but a view into the important changes that happened during his time in Baltimore. It will focus on street layout and traffic engineering projects that are still in place today and affects how Baltimore internally works. These aspects are something everyone is affected by whether on foot, car, bus or train.

Research

I was hoping to do my project on Henry Barnes (above from LIFE Mag). He was the Traffic Commissioner for Baltimore during the 1950's to early 1960. His work still has a lasting effect on how traffic moves through the City of Baltimore. I have always been interested in roads/transportation and I think this project will let me dive more into the topic. I will explore what changes he made and how they affected Baltimore as a whole.