Take a look back at Baltimore's Downtown Week in 1948, a program spurred on by Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro -- also known as the father of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Click to see the original advertisement!

In 1949, Mayor D'Alesandro opposed a proposal for a new airport in Virginia due to the newly-built Friendship International Airport near Baltimore. Read the full story from our sister site, Ghosts of DC.