The really big stained glass crab at Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
This handsome fellow is a 500-pound stained glass crab on display at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. In 1984 the state of Maryland commissioned Baltimore artist Jackie Leatherbury Douglass and her husband John to create a tourist attraction celebrating the Chesapeake blue crab, and the Douglass' spent a reported 5,500 hours assembling this unforgettable display. After John Waters and The Wire, this guy has my vote as the third greatest thing that ever came out of Baltimore.
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