Article: The Baltimore Sun Frederick N. Rasmussen column: '10 Downing Street' on Calvert Street.

Byline: Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug. 12--The wrecking ball completed its work this week when it leveled "No. 10 Downing Street," the old cafeteria on the east side of Calvert between Baltimore and Fayette streets whose real name was Bickford's. For decades, it had been one of Baltimore's most storied and hallowed political hangouts. And now, to passers-by and sidewalk superintendents, the only thing remaining of the demolished building is the brick-lined footprint of its cellar, which no doubt will soon give way to the rapacious demands of its wreckers. A vest pocket-sized building with a cream-colored facade, it was shoehorned between the Munsey Building ...

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