As the city razes more of Baltimore’s once-grand shopping district, travel back in time to when it was bustling with proud small business owners.

Secrecy and unsubstantiated charges pervade the union representing city sanitation workers. Top AFSCME officers are smarting over the defeat of their candidate in last month’s union election.

The city has determined that nearly all of the east side of the 100 block of North Howard Street has to be torn down because of fire damage.