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Previous-Cook t1_j08bisq wrote

when i was a kid i remeber people who had one just said "my alleyway"

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YoYoMoMa t1_j08dld3 wrote

Where you hit em with the burning oil.

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markmano33 t1_j08jmfi wrote

For the cows to move back and forth between front and back, correct?

Or your trash cans.

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NewrytStarcommander t1_j08kzex wrote

Sallyport. Very common, can see them in Fells, Canton, Fed Hill to name a few places that have them pretty much every block.

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Naive_Concentrate710 t1_j08q028 wrote

It is a Sallyport and was usually used by nightsoilmen for removal of waste for an outdoor outhouse for both houses..

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S-Kunst t1_j08w27n wrote

My neighboring house has a sally port, as we are in the center of a long block. It is not the usual sallyport as once you pass through the arched opening it widens a couple feet. There is a door on the side of the building and the sally-port allows one to access the 2nd floor and go to the back yard. Started life as a 6 room 3story row house turned into a bakery. When I first moved in about 4 young guys were renting the house. They threw wild parties. After one of these wild gatherings it seems that one of the roomies, who was home alone died due to too much fun, but he was stuck in the Sallyport, between the next person's wall and the 2nd floor staircase. Not sure how the fire department got the body out. The body had been there through the weekend.

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gafftapes20 t1_j08wvg5 wrote

I have heard the term “close” and the term bakers alley for these.

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KnowOneHere t1_j09hmw5 wrote

I'm a native and have never heard "sallyport". How is that possible?

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Special-Literature16 t1_j09x09j wrote

We called it a hideaway.as a kid we hung out there in those summer days in the 60s. This one looks familiar.

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DiscoDeadhead t1_j0amgft wrote

But you would think someone at the city would’ve been knowledgeable enough to know how narrow they are so people don’t have to leave the cans in front of their homes 24/7

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Oldladyweirdo t1_j0b5w1u wrote

Sally ports are the holding areas between door openings when you walk into a jail. One door opens, you walk forward. That door closes. You’re closed in the Sally port. Then a different door ahead of you opens and you can then go forward. The port is a holding area to prevent anyone from walking through the door and out of the jail. I always heard breezeway was the term for this in the row houses.

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jjenni08 t1_j0b82q1 wrote

I’ve seen the typical alley in Baltimore but never one of these. Very cool! I learned something new today.

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KruztyKrab69 t1_j0bbxhb wrote

When you walked through these you knew the party was about to be lit

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Pmg430 t1_j0bfbl0 wrote

The city of Baltimore should have trash cans to fit in the Sallyports. It would clean up the city a bit!

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goetzecc t1_j0cmxjc wrote

In the 80s back when we ran around Fells we called them BOO alleys, cuz someone jumped outta one and yelled boo at us once

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