BALTIMORE, md. — Today, the former home of Jazz Icon Cab Calloway was torn down.
Despite much opposition, the home located at 2216 Druid Hill Avenue, no longer stands.
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According to Cab Calloway’s grandson, he walked the streets of West Baltimore.
Peter Brooks feels Druid Hill Avenue shaped Calloway's life in his most formative years....in a home just south of North Avenue.
From the age of 11 to 16, Brooks says his grandfather learned his expression on the 2200 block.
"I just tried to tell everybody I could that wait a minute, don’t demolish this house. 17,000 other houses you can demolish, but put this one last on the list if at all because there may be a potential here and opportunity to better the city and bring tourists in," Peter Brooks said.
More on Colloway's house here.
