Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun
Ariella Mavias, left, and Melissa Glaeser, right, both employed at Chez Joey, join the protest outside City Hall by business owners and workers on The Block against a proposed 10 p.m. curfew. Jan. 25, 2022. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun). 
The Block is a “Bawlmer-esque” neon-adorned, sensory diversion from reality: nothing more, nothing less (“Baltimore’s leaders have tried to clean up The Block for decades. The nightlife district has found ways to survive,” Feb. 5).
Its glorious mystique, which was defined by Blaze Starr, is today sustained, in large part, by her legend. Politicians should leave The Block alone.
Mel Tansill, Catonsville
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